...::: ဗမာ့ပုံရိပ် ဗမာ့ရုပ်လွှာ :::...

၁၈၈၅ ခုနှစ် နိုင်ဝင်ဘာလ ၂၈ ရက်​နေ့​တွင် မန္တ​လေး​ ​နေပြည်​တော် ဆိပ်ကမ်း​သို့​ အင်္ဂလိပ်တပ်များ​ ​ရောက်ရှိစဉ်၊​ ထို့​နောက် နန်း​တော်သို့​ ချီတက်ဝန်း​ရံပြီး​ သီ​ပေါမင်း​နှင့်​ ကင်း​ဝန်မင်း​ကြီး​ ဦး​ဆောင်​သော မြန်မာမှုး​မတ်များ​နှင့်​ တွေ့​ဆုံ၍ လက်နက်ချရန် စကား​ဆိုခဲ့​သည်။

“The scene on the river’s bank was a most animated one. The steamers were moored along the bank, and crowds of natives in their picturesque and many coloured costumes, assembled to gaze with open eyes at the unexpected sight of a British force landing at their doors. There were Phoongyees in their yellow garb, women and girls in bright coloured silks, with flowers in their hair, Shans in their big hats, Chinamen looking impassively on, and many others. All seemed good humoured, as is usual in a Burmese crowd, and they shewed no signs of hostility in their manner. The walled city of Mandalay is about 3 miles from the banks of the river; the intervening space being laid out in streets and bazaars, and thickly populated.”