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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE. 375
" I have traversed the queen of the oceans, I
have toiled incessant for the gratification of mo-
narchy.
" I have renounced the world, to give up my
whole heart to the study of incantations ; I have
passed whole nights on places where the dead
are burnt.
" I have not gained one cowry;—Begone, O
avarice ! thy business is over."
I mean to get these stanzas translated for the
benefit of my Burmhan friends. But, to return to
the enga's whoon, he said, " For his part, he put
no faith in these pursuits ;" which afforded
Mr. Keys an opportunity of paying a compliment
to his good sense, and added to his good humour.
The conversation then turned on my affairs: he
listened very attentively to all Mr. Keys urged,
and with apparent conviction, as he said, that had
he been as fully informed before, my business
would have long since been settled, and pledged
himself not only to mediate between me and the
Enga Tekaing, but desired Mr. Keys to tell the
mew whoon from him, that he would introduce
the subject of my memorials before his majesty,
if he would second him. On the whole he was
highly pleased, and seemed to enter heartily into
my interests, and as a mark of his esteem, pre-
sented Mr. Keys with a ruby ring, and engaged
him to go out to camp the next day. In the
" I have traversed the queen of the oceans, I
have toiled incessant for the gratification of mo-
narchy.
" I have renounced the world, to give up my
whole heart to the study of incantations ; I have
passed whole nights on places where the dead
are burnt.
" I have not gained one cowry;—Begone, O
avarice ! thy business is over."
I mean to get these stanzas translated for the
benefit of my Burmhan friends. But, to return to
the enga's whoon, he said, " For his part, he put
no faith in these pursuits ;" which afforded
Mr. Keys an opportunity of paying a compliment
to his good sense, and added to his good humour.
The conversation then turned on my affairs: he
listened very attentively to all Mr. Keys urged,
and with apparent conviction, as he said, that had
he been as fully informed before, my business
would have long since been settled, and pledged
himself not only to mediate between me and the
Enga Tekaing, but desired Mr. Keys to tell the
mew whoon from him, that he would introduce
the subject of my memorials before his majesty,
if he would second him. On the whole he was
highly pleased, and seemed to enter heartily into
my interests, and as a mark of his esteem, pre-
sented Mr. Keys with a ruby ring, and engaged
him to go out to camp the next day. In the