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၁၈၈၅ ခုနှစ် ဒီဇင်ဘာလ ၂၅ ရက်​နေ့​ နံနက်တွင် ရတနာပုံ ဘုန်း​တော်ကြီး​ကျောင်း​ရှေ့​၌ ဗြိတိသျှ ဟမ့်​ပ်ရှိုင်း​ယား​ တပ်မဟာမှ ခရစ်စမတ် ​အောင်ပွဲသဘင် အခမ်း​အနား​ ကျင်း​ပစဉ်။

“This regiment is quartered in some of the numerous Phoongyee Kyoungs, or Monasteries, outside the city walls on the N.E. These buildings make capital barracks for the men. As for their appearance, I imagine that British troops have seldom, if ever, been quartered in such brilliant looking edifices all ablaze, as they are, with gold-leaf and fragments of looking-glass. The service on this day, as on Sunday mornings at that time, was held in the open-air outside one of these buildings, as shewn in the picture, the men being paraded fully armed, as in those days it was impossible for any one to say when an alarm might be sounded. This, as well as other buildings of the kind, was erected as a 'work of merit,' but the builders little thought that one day the Christmas Hymn, 'Hark! The Herald-Angels,' would be sung by British solders in that place.”