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48 A new Account
a Province or a City given to fome Minion,,
who is to give Suftenance to fuch a Number
of Soldiers, and find the Palace at Ava with
fuch a Quota of Provifions as the Providore
thinks fit to appoint.
W hen there is a War, and Parties are fent
on Expeditions, then the King allows them
Pay, Clothes, Arms, and provides Magazines
of Provifions for them; but aflbon as the War
is at an End, then the Clothes and Arms are
returned, by which Means Difcipline is little
known among them, and a Man of a tolerable
Stock of Courage may pafs there for an
Hero.
The Quality of an Officer is known by his
Tobacco Pipe having an earthen or me-
tallick Head, with a Socket to let in a joynt-
ed Reed, that on its upper End has a Mouth
piece of Gold, joynted as the Reed or Cane
is, and by the Number of Joyntsin the golden
Mouth -piece, the Quality of the OHicer is
known, and Refpeft paid him accordingly.
All Cities and Towns under this King's
Dominions, are like ariftocraUcal Common
wealths. The Prince or Governor feldorn
fits in Council, but appoints his Deputy, and
twelve Counfellers or Judges, and they fit
once in ten Days at lead, but oftner when
Bufinefs calls them. They convene in a large
Hall, mounted about three Foot high, and
double Benches round the Floor for People
to fit or kneel on, and to hear the free De
bates of Council. The Hall being built on Pil
lars of Wood, is open on all Sides, and the
Judges

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A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton Who resided in those Parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II. By Alexander Hamilton.

Publication Details: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, London, 1739.

Physical Description: Octavo.

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Title
'A New Account of the East-Indies: Being the Observations and Remarks of Capt. Alexander Hamilton who resided in those parts from the Year 1688, to 1723, Trading and Travelling, by Sea and Land, to most of the countries and Islands of Commerce and Navigation, between the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Island of Japan. The Second Edition. Volume II.'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:8, 3:26, 26a:26b, 27:56, 56a:56b, 57:94, 94a:94b, 95:126, 126a:126b, 127:156, 156a:156b, 157:160, 160a:160b, 161:176, 176a:176b, 177:216, 216a:216b, 217:230, 230a:230b, 231:234, 234a:234b, 235:252, 252a:252b, 253:258, 258a:258b, 259:310, 1:10, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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Hamilton, Alexander
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