New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
A ROYAL PLOCGHMAN.
Erom rtc s. Jamcs,s Ga.eitc.

I1,e the "roToi elder brother of China. the King
of Burnah ought TO 60 ont once Nrtf 20 IICuIIH II
the fields. According 30 tradition tc ldHUe ol ~.
Tct-tyyiu Ming ala TO come of would have causcu q
dTOuth all over the country. l. was very t'''
esque f.te, pleased the people and offered Vau4ne
opportunity iOr squeezing money out OF Ihtnl' I"T
lafe King Nindohu Min, never omitted IT, eN'n
when be was grown old and porliy ana It1ie apI' TO
follow the sluw-Sitpping bu!lOch5' ne ceI'nio.E
took place in the beginning ot juno &houI INC u'.c
when tue sOnth|tst monsoon uS"tis I,ir ~
Naudalay. The order wen. .orth that thc Mug
would come ont ON such ana Such Day ana ia tio m
Icoalc Nygre all CuisIHHd 10 -v. ready Nol ~ S,'
hiu-far from j.. The Amchndaw was issued IN
order that the heads over ten house. the is'n,,iE
rOnugs. might see tha. the ROAD IN thtII u'a'I".
was IN proper order and that the l1zIuat had hot
GOT out OF repair, The lazamat, or kings lcA't' 7
a kind of Anticipating put UP IN every S.S., III
the walled town, and IN any o. lloSc IN je S.ip.H Us
pass fl is formed of thick DIAGONAL sp3TS ma .t
Into hurdles, which arr ashrd 10 htiIN po',S lu'N
in the ground at regular Intervals. Inc "h"Ie Is
wluteWashed. and often i,OWcr-Puis stand on ihe
tOp of the posts 10 Cu.lVcu thc structure h,Tr''
and it certainly wants cnilveuIng good deal. ie
lattice fence undoubtedly looks very nta ana nay
as a long road lined WItn Lom#Tiy popiarS 1o'>i
but il gets terribly tirrsOme WhcH You mn an ilS
streets looking the S1u!c with TINS siN-ioo men
heavy wood fence standing WITHIN couple ol leet
OF 50 Oi the walls OF the n Hu'ss, ana HHuiliI '''
all view OF those edl'ces. Ii has. however 20 ne
kent i'm constant repair, an the hOuSc-TttNc mas 4"
20 round carefully TO see that none OF the Wu'c-
wa IN has been rubbed OIL or any OF the transverse
bars sprung with the sun. Behind these thc cnlhc
pOpulacc must aS Whch thc Ming oi any VI
Tie procession on the route cut TO the Lct-ya, the
roval acre. TO uc p!oughed IS maEmIic' nt. Tie
King Is clad iu all his robes of state; Inc futso
with the DOING lOrp, the peacock sacred 10 roy
atty the long silk tuulc, 80 tuckIy cruStcd WiA
Jewels that its color cannot be seen: the IhaTapoo
The spirt-lkc crown; also mass OF precious .ton'S
the twcuty-iOur strings OF the Order OF the SaIWaL
across his breast and over his forehead the gold
Ihe Ning mounts the Lord White Elephant at the
palace OF the latter just in front Of the liai. ol
Audience: but the Princes and Ministers, an oi
whom come 10 attend the great function IN lhclr
robes of state may no. ascend their eat !c till the
stOckade OF the Naudau mas been passed. lhen thrE
fail INTO line in order ot pltccdeucr the 0phS ana
Moondou,s wearing their official mltres-tall Icd
velvet hats with the { = curved back Ike maui
lus and the base surrounded with a row OF gilj
sUcar-heal~. The long crimson velvet Gag 'ths
edged with rich DTOCade are al'0W0Iu, ana everyone
pa.ades ali the mnDrelins. gold or yamlQu or green
that he IS entitled 20. Thus they pass through the
official town into the suburbs.
iialf "a mile or 30 from the eastern gaze, Ii'
selected portion Of the Lct-uau-LYcc Is reached.
plOughs stand ready m a long roy, extending away
as tr as one can see; for ali the Princes aud Minis
tclS must plough as well aS the King. Inc Iola'
plough is thckly covered with gold leaf; the h'u-
die, are solid gold, studded with diamonds ana
ruhieS. The part on winch ms Majesty st nuS-i"i
Inc plough Is uothing more than harrow, with FIVE
or SIX long tcet-I- gold, roughcncd with pears
rival the Lord White Elephant IN the spicHdor Of
their harness. Crimson ana gold banus hook them
ON: the reins are stills with jewels, heavy gold
tasscls hang from the gilt horns. he Eu.d-Uppeu
oX-gOad his MaJcsty WlciGS Is covered with dla-
mouds and flashes like rod OF fire IN In" san.
Ihe King piougns couple u tWrro"s-
or rather passes the big rake once up
and down the rain Soddcn hrlG-Ind then stops;
for he is p0rtly aaa short OI breath nov. The MINI
listers 10 matter now tat they are, nave TO 90 on
plOughIng long as the Arbtter Of E&l,tcBces
chooses 10 look AT last he declares thaJ enough
has been done; and Preparations are madc 10 90
back again. lie doIis his royal ro9cs ior ihe Thar
apoo wlth its spira and Jewellca er-lappers is Dur
dcnsOne and the long urcOat, Tlh lt- thousands Of
precious stones, is saId TO weigh about Il hundred
nouads lhc Lord VI hitC Elephant is relieved too.
lie stalks back uuencUIAbercd, with MS household
of thirty retaneTs III sing about HIM with fans and
swavlng umbrellas. The King gets into al open
car, something like what Roman racing charots
are represented 10 nave been The object Is TO pre-
vent any one, the GIiyer for example, from sitting
higher than the King The Euglsh carriages pre-
sented aC various times 10 different Burmese man
monarchs met with Ittle approval. At hrst il was
thought that the King TO ST on the box, but
taen it was fouud that with this arrangement
there was nOIluug for II bat that the
driver should run by the side. Whom it was
lOund that the King supposed 10 sit inside with
the driver four or five feet above him, burst of III
dignatiOn suggested that 1t was insd plot TO
put an insult on the majesty Of the Lord of the
notwithstanding Chiefs. For a zine the vein les
were put away az lumber; but an ingenious hand
craftsman aGOrned them with Payah Ihats-ivc-
rooted ecclesiastical or royal spires. They
now, when drawn by men, suitable FOR royal occu-
patton; but unfortunately the solid teak spires
made them tOp-heaNy, ana especially unstable on
rough Mandalay roads. They have Therefore de-
generated into parsphernalia for exhibition on
a kadaw day, or gauds for procession at Tawa-
dehntha Feast time. The Klag consequently re-
turns in his gilt carriage reclining on mattress
placed on the floor. lie Is dressed i'll the Ordl-
nary national way, with a light linen Jacket and
slender PaulOhn "a hllct Of bOok-muSiin wound
round his head showing the thin white haIr tied Up
in a little knot on the top of his head. The Chef
Ministers are round about tanning him assduousiy,
and hc is in extreme gOOI-humOT chatting the King
WoOn-gyee tie astUtc Prime Minister, Oh the way
he let his buiOckS srasge away at random and The
difficulties he got into Trying to turn them at the
END Oi the field; while the stout old NainGan-gyan
WOpndouk is jOkcd about the absurd state Ol heat
he was brought INTO by his eXtrtIOns