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​တော်လှန်ပုန်ကန်​သော မြန်မာမျိုး​ချစ်များ​အား​ မန္တ​လေး​မှ ရန်ကုန်သို့​ ဖမ်း​ဆီး​ ​ခေါ်​ဆောင်လာပြီး​ ဧရာဝတီ သ​င်္ဘော​ပေါ်၌ နံက်စာ ​ကျွေ​မွေး​နေစဉ်။ အစဦး​ပိုင်း​တွင် ဖမ်း​ဆီး​ရမိသူများ​အား​ အစာ​ရေစာ ​ကျွေး​ခြင်း​ လုံး​ဝမရှိ​ပေ။ ဆိုး​ရွား​ သည်မှာ မြန်မာအမျိုး​သား​တို့​ အထွတ်အမြတ်ထား​ရာ ​သျှောင်ထုံး​များ​ အဖြတ်ခံလိုက်ရခြင်း​ပင်။

“A gang of Dacoits being conveyed down the river from Mandalay to Rangoon on board one of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s steamers. These men, after their capture by the military, had been tried by the civil authorities, and having been found guilty of dacoity and rebellion, were sentenced to transportation for various terms. As shewn in the picture, they are about to receive their morning meal, a very different treatment to that experience by malefactors before we took possession of the country. In former days no provision was made for giving food to prisoners, but they were daily taken outside the prison and allowed to receive whatever food was
bestowed on them by their relatives and the charitably disposed.”