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310 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
lator: he added, I sent for that man, meaning
me, to come to me this morning and he did not
attend. He made no offer, however, to send for
Moncourtuse, and as he would not permit the in-
terpreter to speak, he retired and informed Mr.
Burnett of the mhee whoonghee's orders : he in
consequence returned home.
About noon a Mr. Reeves, an English merchant,
arrived here from Rangoon with private adven-
ture, to try the market. He requested permission
to wait on me to-morrow.
July 20. In the morning Mr. Reeves, merchant,
waited on me. He informed me, that he had had
a good deal of trouble from the chokeys, notwith-
standing the mayhoon of Hunzawuddy had given
him some of his people as a guard, and a passport.
In the evening, a favourite relation of the king's
grandson, called to see Mr Keys, $-c, and ex-
pressed a wish to see me; however, in the present
state of my business, I did not think it proper to
gratify him.
July 21. His majesty, immediately after his
return to Amapoorah, issued orders for the cur-
rency of the pice I brought from Bengal, and pro-
hibited the currency of silver and lead in the
Bazars ; but established no rate at which the pice
were to pass, nor had he coined any, or even
issued the whole of those I brought (one lack,) nor
provided any medium in the room of the silver
lator: he added, I sent for that man, meaning
me, to come to me this morning and he did not
attend. He made no offer, however, to send for
Moncourtuse, and as he would not permit the in-
terpreter to speak, he retired and informed Mr.
Burnett of the mhee whoonghee's orders : he in
consequence returned home.
About noon a Mr. Reeves, an English merchant,
arrived here from Rangoon with private adven-
ture, to try the market. He requested permission
to wait on me to-morrow.
July 20. In the morning Mr. Reeves, merchant,
waited on me. He informed me, that he had had
a good deal of trouble from the chokeys, notwith-
standing the mayhoon of Hunzawuddy had given
him some of his people as a guard, and a passport.
In the evening, a favourite relation of the king's
grandson, called to see Mr Keys, $-c, and ex-
pressed a wish to see me; however, in the present
state of my business, I did not think it proper to
gratify him.
July 21. His majesty, immediately after his
return to Amapoorah, issued orders for the cur-
rency of the pice I brought from Bengal, and pro-
hibited the currency of silver and lead in the
Bazars ; but established no rate at which the pice
were to pass, nor had he coined any, or even
issued the whole of those I brought (one lack,) nor
provided any medium in the room of the silver