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NARRATIVE DURING A TOUR
Shortly after the conquest of Arakan, a Bur-
man army entered the territories of the Ho-
nourable Company, in pursuit of robbers, and
twenty thousand men assembled at Arakan to
support the invasion. The advance of a British
detachment under Colonel Erskine, and the
prudence of the Burman Commander, prevented
hostilities. But the presumption of the Burman
Government wasencouraged by the persons who
had incurred its displeasure, being delivered to
its vengeance. The opinion that prevailed both
in Chittagong and Ava was, that the refugees
were given up from fear. This occasion being
thought favourable for a pacific mission, Colo-
nel Symes was dispatched on that object. The
court is represented by Colpnel Symes as having
regarded the mission as the tribute of tear ra-
ther than an advance towards conciliation.—
to Jlua, 8uo. uo?. i. 275.
On the subjugation of Arakan, much of its
population took refuge from the cruelty and
oppression of their conquerors in the district
of Chittagong, or secreted themselves in the
hills, thickets and islands on its southern and
eastern boundaries. From these haunts they oc-
casionally indicted on the Burmans in Arakan
a feeble retaliation for the injuries they had
sustained, in general their efforts were insigni-
ficant, and their incursions predatory. But in
NARRATIVE DURING A TOUR
Shortly after the conquest of Arakan, a Bur-
man army entered the territories of the Ho-
nourable Company, in pursuit of robbers, and
twenty thousand men assembled at Arakan to
support the invasion. The advance of a British
detachment under Colonel Erskine, and the
prudence of the Burman Commander, prevented
hostilities. But the presumption of the Burman
Government wasencouraged by the persons who
had incurred its displeasure, being delivered to
its vengeance. The opinion that prevailed both
in Chittagong and Ava was, that the refugees
were given up from fear. This occasion being
thought favourable for a pacific mission, Colo-
nel Symes was dispatched on that object. The
court is represented by Colpnel Symes as having
regarded the mission as the tribute of tear ra-
ther than an advance towards conciliation.—
to Jlua, 8uo. uo?. i. 275.
On the subjugation of Arakan, much of its
population took refuge from the cruelty and
oppression of their conquerors in the district
of Chittagong, or secreted themselves in the
hills, thickets and islands on its southern and
eastern boundaries. From these haunts they oc-
casionally indicted on the Burmans in Arakan
a feeble retaliation for the injuries they had
sustained, in general their efforts were insigni-
ficant, and their incursions predatory. But in