[32] Council of State at Mandalay.
[33] As to grammar, Latter helped us in those early years. Students of to-day, more fortunate, have the invaluable help of Mr. Bridges’ book.
[34] What it really wrote was “clearness and simplicity.”
[35] Early breakfast.
[36] The late Colonel F. D. Maxwell, C.I.E.
[37] The late Sir Edward Spence Symes, K.C.I.E.
[38] Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff, K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G.
[39] The late Sir Charles Bernard, K.C.S.I., for some years Secretary in the Revenue and Statistics Department at the India Office.
[40] “Don’t let them do that, they’ll take me for a Burmese Minister,” he called out, as officious underlings were hustling some carts out of his path as he rode through Mandalay.
[41] Among many mistaken appreciations of Burmese character is the notion that Burmans have no sense of gratitude. This story indicates the contrary. Since my retirement I have been touched by the frequent receipt of letters and other tokens of remembrance from Burmese friends obviously disinterested.