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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE.
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of April: also, information that Zemaun Sha had
retired to his own country ; and that the honour-
able the Governor-General had returned in good
health to Calcutta. I had not, however, the
happiness of receiving the smallest intelligence
from government. By him I also received the
petitions of the Rangoon merchants, relative to
the oppressions they have suffered through the
intrigues of Bhoodhim.
June 26. Early in the morning the queen mo-
ther, in a superb palkee of state, borne by thirty-
six men, and attended by a great number of the
ladies of the palace in their palkees, passed by on
their Avay to accompany the Assamese princess to
court; also a party of troopers, musketeers, spear-
men, $c. The fronts of all the houses in the
high street, through which the procession is to
pass, are ornamented with verandahs of bamboos
and mats, so constructed as to form a double roof
open towards the street, ornamented with painted
borders ; and the shops filled with their best goods,
which were to be sold to the princess's retinue at
reduced rates. Cannon were planted at all the
cross streets; plaintain trees and sugar canes
planted on each side the street, and the street
clean swept. About half past seven a. m. the pro-
cession began to pass by. First in order were
spearmen, then musketeers, then Burmhan bra-
mins, then music, then state chattres of a parti-
277
of April: also, information that Zemaun Sha had
retired to his own country ; and that the honour-
able the Governor-General had returned in good
health to Calcutta. I had not, however, the
happiness of receiving the smallest intelligence
from government. By him I also received the
petitions of the Rangoon merchants, relative to
the oppressions they have suffered through the
intrigues of Bhoodhim.
June 26. Early in the morning the queen mo-
ther, in a superb palkee of state, borne by thirty-
six men, and attended by a great number of the
ladies of the palace in their palkees, passed by on
their Avay to accompany the Assamese princess to
court; also a party of troopers, musketeers, spear-
men, $c. The fronts of all the houses in the
high street, through which the procession is to
pass, are ornamented with verandahs of bamboos
and mats, so constructed as to form a double roof
open towards the street, ornamented with painted
borders ; and the shops filled with their best goods,
which were to be sold to the princess's retinue at
reduced rates. Cannon were planted at all the
cross streets; plaintain trees and sugar canes
planted on each side the street, and the street
clean swept. About half past seven a. m. the pro-
cession began to pass by. First in order were
spearmen, then musketeers, then Burmhan bra-
mins, then music, then state chattres of a parti-