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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE. 319
ally as it is confidently said that the mayhoon will
be here in a day or two ; although, I must confess,
I have but small hopes of success. The mhec
whoonghec was certainly my ostensible enemy,
but I doubt much whether he was not secretly
encouraged by the master-hand. I have heard,
that when the news of my arrival was first re-
ported to his majesty by the mayhoon, he called
a council of his principal officers, who were una-
nimous in their opinion that an alliance with the
English would tend to his majesty's honour and
advantage, except the mhee whoonghec ; who
was uniformly in opposition, until after his public
interviews with me at Mhcghoon, where it ap-
pears my conduct pleased him so much, that on
his joining his majesty at Kcounmeoun, he was as
loud in my praise. In consequence, his majesty
took an opportunity, in full court, of reproaching
him for his tergiversation, sneeringly adding, I
suppose the Resident has fee'd you well for this
conversion. Piqued at the severity of this re-
proof, he has ever since secretly been my enemy,
and availed himself of the first plausible pretence
of again opposing me openly, and this I have ex-
perienced in all its bitterness; and, as it has been
totally undeserved on my part, it certainly tends
to confirm this report. My situation is truly dis-
tressing, exposed to the brutal insults of a lawless
people, under circumstances totally unprovided
ally as it is confidently said that the mayhoon will
be here in a day or two ; although, I must confess,
I have but small hopes of success. The mhec
whoonghec was certainly my ostensible enemy,
but I doubt much whether he was not secretly
encouraged by the master-hand. I have heard,
that when the news of my arrival was first re-
ported to his majesty by the mayhoon, he called
a council of his principal officers, who were una-
nimous in their opinion that an alliance with the
English would tend to his majesty's honour and
advantage, except the mhee whoonghec ; who
was uniformly in opposition, until after his public
interviews with me at Mhcghoon, where it ap-
pears my conduct pleased him so much, that on
his joining his majesty at Kcounmeoun, he was as
loud in my praise. In consequence, his majesty
took an opportunity, in full court, of reproaching
him for his tergiversation, sneeringly adding, I
suppose the Resident has fee'd you well for this
conversion. Piqued at the severity of this re-
proof, he has ever since secretly been my enemy,
and availed himself of the first plausible pretence
of again opposing me openly, and this I have ex-
perienced in all its bitterness; and, as it has been
totally undeserved on my part, it certainly tends
to confirm this report. My situation is truly dis-
tressing, exposed to the brutal insults of a lawless
people, under circumstances totally unprovided