[270] Burmese War, p. 54.
[271] Burmese War, p. 56 sq.
[272] Wilson, p. 61.
[273] Crawfurd’s Ava, vol. i. p. 304.
[274] Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxi, p. 361, July, 1840.
[275] Wilson’s Burmese War, p. 63.
[276] The gilt umbrella surmounting the highest pinnacle of the pagoda.
[277] Two Years in Ava, p. 26 sqq. This interesting and well-written book seems to be the production of a naval officer attached to the expedition. It is by far the most attractive narrative of the proceedings in 1824, with which I am acquainted.
[278] Snodgrass, Burmese War, p. 12.
[279] See Two Years in Ava, p. 25.