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Dr. Cullimore, Residency Surgeon, and Mr.
Captain Langley of the Nem With the exception, of course, of the escort, all were mounted on elephants, and the Woondouk, Kulla-woon, and other officers who had been told off by the King to look after the comforts of the party, accompanied them the whole way, also on elephants. {Whenever a painful necessity requires one in Tudia to ride an elephant, the troubles of the journey are, as far as they can be, mitigated by the howdalt and seat being made not positively uncomfortable, But the howdal this country have been constructed with a diabolical ingenuity apparently for the sole purpose of torturing Europeans. Imagine a vide of an hour and a half in a wooden tub, with a cushion for the seat it is true, but with a thick rail to meet the small of your back. There you have to sit with your legs tucked up, and—swear, You must excuse this outburst, but my back is very painful.) A regiment of cavalry, in number about 250, and a body of infantry of perhaps were sent by the King to escort the Mission the whole way, and after the city gates were entered, the rest of the route was lined with infantry up to the walls of the palace. It is impossible to state how many soldiers there are in the King's service, for it seems that he only gives an order to produce acertain number of men to carry arms, and they are forthcoming at the required time. Their uniforms are varied. The infantry that accompanied the procession had red jackets and putroes, and wore also tin helmets, of conical outline. 'Those that lined the city wore simply clothed in the ordinary costume of the country, while those inside' the outer wall of the palace had red or green tail coats. The escort again had sighted rifles, while the rest had only Brown Besses. there were no awards or dais to be seen, and the offend sive weapon of the police, who kept the general public within bounds, was a long bamboo. The city, in the centre of which comprise a dah in a gold sheath, 18 gold cups stands the palace, is enclosed by a brick wall, and a handsome ruby ring, were brought to from twenty to thirty feet high, backed by a the Envoy, who was also invested with the nud embankment. Attempts have apparently order of the Tsalwe; and after fruite and been made at forming bastions, but the results sweetmeats of sorts had been carried round look more like half turrets. The whole among the visitors, Sir Douglas left the palace enclosure is about a mile and aquarter square, to return to the Residency. The Tealwe and is surrounded by moat about forty yards sash of gold strings and broad gold buck wide and twelve fect deep, fed from a natural worn over the left shoulder, The King hag lake not far from the city. The streets with-twenty-four strings to his, and one with twelve in the walls seem much better kept than those was given to Sir Douglas. The panic of the outside, and there was little to offend the wearer is determined by the number of strings, eye or the nose as the procession wound slowly varying from six to twenty-four.
one street and down another for about everything about the palace, except the it. It was not till 8.50 that Sir Douglas basement and floor, was as far as we could muted at the outer gate of the palace, and see, covered with gold-leaf; roof, columns, the troops remaining outside, the procession ceiling, and all shone in the morning #un, and marched up to the second gate. (The men of made a pretty picture, The scene, however, the Briton who carried no arms, were ad-rather reminded me of the Burmans as they mitted to the audience.) After this there was appear_wheu worshipping one of the temples a third gate to be passed, and we then found at the Shoay Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon. The ourselves in a large courtyard, and facing the King, seated in silence afar off, and high on palace itself. A flight of about a dozen steps his throne, and his kneeling courtiers bowing Jeads up to what may be called the ground fiver, ant itis at the Toot of these. atepe that before him, seemed to differ but little from the golden image of Gandama and his supplianta, all shoes have to be removed. And here I The King's dress: of violet, covered with ge the history of the concession which Sir gold th and his crown of almost pure the King of Barmah, At douglas has, for the first time, extorted from gold. 1 cannot tell what the throne is made of, but it is much like that depicted in th is a colonnade which extends the whole length Charivari the other day. The peacocks' tile of the building, and the floor of which is at are not far off, and kneeling figures are carved this time of year apt to be muddy and at any at the foot.
Douglas insisted that carpets down from the very point at which he took off his shoes. This may seem
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