IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE. 35-3

appointing a time for meeting for fear of interrup-
tion ; and, that so soon as he could get a spare
day he would send to inform me ; he hoped in a
few days to settle my business to my satisfaction;
that yesterday when he was at the palace, he took
his writer with him, to write down and send off
immediately to the looto any orders his majesty
might give respecting me ; that, after some time,
his majesty had said, "The Resident has been wait-
ing here a long time." To which he replied, "Yes,
my lord ;" and was in great hopes his majesty would
have proceeded, but unfortunately he did not;
the discourse turned on sky-rockets: his majesty
having cut down a very large tree when at Keoun-
meoun, with an intention of making the largest
rocket that had ever been seen, capable of holding
2,000 or 3,000 viss of powder; and now offered
as a reward, apiece of silk, to any one who would
undertake to bore it for him, and then the court
broke up. However, he did not despair but that
his majesty would again think of me in a few days
more. He then asked Mr. Rowland why I had
not been to the looto to receive my commission ?
Mr. R. told him he believed it was because a
proper place was not assigned me ; to which he
rejoined, that the looto was a public court for the
great officers of state, and that no respect for per-
sons would be shewn there ; and that it was ab-
solutely necessary for me to go as a private person;

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