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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE.
113
The mayhoon sent me a present of some rice in
the evening, and a man, whom he said he had di-
rected to supply me with any thing I might re-
quire.
February 21. The king's removal still re-
mains uncertain, the covering in of the chambers
not being yet completed; various are the stories
I am amused with; procrastination and fiction
seem to be prominent traits in the character of a
Burmhan courtier. This morning the looto
sherrydoghee sent a few baskets of rice, which
I immediately ordered to be sent back, deter-
mined not to receive any further supply of pro-
visions from that quarter, as they had so cgre-
giously abused his majesty's trust, in neglecting
me. However desirous his majesty may be to
see a balloon exhibited, his orders for supplying
the materials being issued through the looto, we
find great difficulty in obtaining the necessary
materials. The whoonghees issue peremptory
mandates to various persons to come and assist;
the poor fellows are brought in a great hurry
from Amarapoorah, and, when they arrive, so-
lemnly declare they know nothing of the busi-
ness for which they have been sent; and are
then dismissed. Two or three men to distil
spirits of wine, and half a dozen to make a
retort, have thus been bandied backwards and
forwards to no purpose ; so deficient are they in
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113
The mayhoon sent me a present of some rice in
the evening, and a man, whom he said he had di-
rected to supply me with any thing I might re-
quire.
February 21. The king's removal still re-
mains uncertain, the covering in of the chambers
not being yet completed; various are the stories
I am amused with; procrastination and fiction
seem to be prominent traits in the character of a
Burmhan courtier. This morning the looto
sherrydoghee sent a few baskets of rice, which
I immediately ordered to be sent back, deter-
mined not to receive any further supply of pro-
visions from that quarter, as they had so cgre-
giously abused his majesty's trust, in neglecting
me. However desirous his majesty may be to
see a balloon exhibited, his orders for supplying
the materials being issued through the looto, we
find great difficulty in obtaining the necessary
materials. The whoonghees issue peremptory
mandates to various persons to come and assist;
the poor fellows are brought in a great hurry
from Amarapoorah, and, when they arrive, so-
lemnly declare they know nothing of the busi-
ness for which they have been sent; and are
then dismissed. Two or three men to distil
spirits of wine, and half a dozen to make a
retort, have thus been bandied backwards and
forwards to no purpose ; so deficient are they in
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