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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE. 251
appetite, or that they are naturally inclined to
vice and voluptuousness, is a question I am not
prepared to decide; but, I am inclined to think
the latter is the truth, and that, if the reins of
government were at all relaxed, their empire
would soon be ruined, and the Burmhan name
sunk into its original obscurity.
In the evening, the young chobwa and his
associate called on me; he brought a female
relation with him to hear the music, 8$c. ; but,
on this occasion, he offended against the rules
of gallantry, for he took out of the young lady's
betel box a love-letter in verse which had been
sent her by one of her admirers, and, spite of
all her intercessions, read it, and seemed to
enjoy the poor girl's distress and confusion. As
soon as he had returned the letter, she went away
rather chagrined; I did not learn the cause till
after they were both gone. It seems that all
who aspire at gallantry in this country are
obliged to court the muses, with what success I
shall endeavour to learn; that they cultivate
poetry, I knew before, having been promised the
History of Captain Symes's Embassy, in verse,
with several other pieces. At night, the king's
moonshee arrived, he left his majesty at Mheg-
hoon, where he is to remain till the twelfth of
the moon.
June 4. This being His Majesty's birth-day, I
appetite, or that they are naturally inclined to
vice and voluptuousness, is a question I am not
prepared to decide; but, I am inclined to think
the latter is the truth, and that, if the reins of
government were at all relaxed, their empire
would soon be ruined, and the Burmhan name
sunk into its original obscurity.
In the evening, the young chobwa and his
associate called on me; he brought a female
relation with him to hear the music, 8$c. ; but,
on this occasion, he offended against the rules
of gallantry, for he took out of the young lady's
betel box a love-letter in verse which had been
sent her by one of her admirers, and, spite of
all her intercessions, read it, and seemed to
enjoy the poor girl's distress and confusion. As
soon as he had returned the letter, she went away
rather chagrined; I did not learn the cause till
after they were both gone. It seems that all
who aspire at gallantry in this country are
obliged to court the muses, with what success I
shall endeavour to learn; that they cultivate
poetry, I knew before, having been promised the
History of Captain Symes's Embassy, in verse,
with several other pieces. At night, the king's
moonshee arrived, he left his majesty at Mheg-
hoon, where he is to remain till the twelfth of
the moon.
June 4. This being His Majesty's birth-day, I