Narrative of the Mission Sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855

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Excerpt from Narrative of the Mission Sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855: With Notices of the Country, Government, and PeopleIn the beginning of 1855, a year and a half after the termination of the last Burmese War, the present King of Ava sent a mission of compliment, with presents, to the Governor - General, Lord Dnlhousie. His Lordship promised that the compliment should be returned, and in the summer of the same year Major Arthur Phayre, the de facto Governor of the New Province of Pegu, was appointed Envoy.I had the honour to be named as his secretary, and I was given to understand that one of the chief duties of the office would be the preparation of a narrative of the mission for publication.Such a narrative was prepared accordingly, and a few copies were priutcd at Calcutta for the use of the Government. Their warm approval having been accorded, as well as that of others entitled to speak with authority (among whom it is gratifying to me to name my venerable predecessor iu this field, Mr. Crawfurd), the work, after undergoing some retrenchment and rc-arrangciucut, is published in its present form.The task of compilation was an arduous one, and was completed during the tenure of a laborious office totally unconnected with the subject. What may be humorously called the leisure hours of a Calcutta official's life, - such hours os he may redeem from meals and sleep, between 8 P.M. and 10 a.m. - were devoted to it for some twelve mouths, besides, I fear, not a few borrowed from more professional duties, thanks to the kind forbearance of a chief, under whom it has been my pride and happiness to work for many years, and in various branches of the public service.To several of my friends and comrades on the journey my hearty' acknowledgments are due for their assistance, chiefly to the Envoy, Major Phayre, to Mr. Oldham, and to Major Grant Allan of the Madras Army.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.