Account Of An Embassy To The Kingdom Of Avain The Year 1795

The description of the embassy of the author to the kingdom of Ava in Burma. The author was appointed plenipotentiary by the Governor General and authorize to deal with the government on behalf of the British India government. He was also asked to take cognizance of the conduct of the British Nationals trading or residing in these areas. He embarked from Calcutta on the 21st of Feb,1795 and completed his voyage on the 26th of Nov 1796. He has recorded, in this book, all that he saw and experienced. The book is a mine of imformation on Burma and its people. He describes the people, the religion, their custom, their family life, the crops they grow, the methods of cultivation, the king and his court, the politics and external relations etc.