. History of Burma including Burma proper Pegu, Taungu, Tenasserim and Arakan, from the earliest time to the end of the first war with British India. Vincent & riiibncr& CS London IllMOKY ()!?- liURMA. 251 to let <;o. IMcntliiii.^yi feared tlu; l(».ss of liis own jxiwcrif pence wavo nuule. The court aslrolo^^ers, j)rol)u))lyunder his inlhience, continued lo predict success. AllEuropeans at Ava, iiicludin«; the American missionaries,h;ul l)een])iit into prison as suspected S]»ies, and weretreated with t\w. barbarity used towards those accusedof treason. On the ileatli
. History of Burma including Burma proper Pegu, Taungu, Tenasserim and Arakan, from the earliest time to the end of the first war with British India. Vincent & riiibncr& CS London IllMOKY ()!?- liURMA. 251 to let <;o. IMcntliiii.^yi feared tlu; l(».ss of liis own jxiwcrif pence wavo nuule. The court aslrolo^^ers, j)rol)u))lyunder his inlhience, continued lo predict success. AllEuropeans at Ava, iiicludin«; the American missionaries,h;ul l)een])iit into prison as suspected S]»ies, and weretreated with t\w. barbarity used towards those accusedof treason. On the ileatli of IJanduhi, tlie king acceptedthe oiler of the I*ukhan Wunj^yi to lead an army a;^^unstthe invaders. 1liis functionary had formerly served inAsam and commanded in ]\Ianipur. Lately he hadbeen in disgrace, and was for some time in ])rison alongwith the Europeans. He was a man of relentlesscruelty. On being appointed commander-in-chief, hedetermined to inaugurate the assumption of his highofiice by putting the European ])risoner3 to death, asa sort of sacrifice to the infernal powers—a horriblesuperstition, altogether outside and opposed to, thenational religion. Th
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