[104] Technically, a dacoit is one of five or more persons banded together for purposes of robbery. It has been the custom to apply the term to all our opponents in Upper Burma, after the King’s surrender. Even technically, the use was almost invariably justified. [105] Circle headman, much like a Taik-Thugyi in Lower Burma. [106] Cavalrymen. [107] P. 130. [108] The Right Hon. Sir Mortimer Durand, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., successively Minister at Teheran and Ambassador at Madrid and Washington. [109] The late Sir Alexander Mackenzie, K.C.S.I., Chief Commissioner of Burma, Member of Council, and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. [110] Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., best known, perhaps, as the author of the standard work on Russia. [111] Field-Marshal Lord Nicholson, G.C.B., R.E. [112] General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B., D.S.O. [113] Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., Inspector- General Royal Irish Constabulary. [114] Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Pole-Carew, K.C.B., C.V.O., M.P. [115] Palace. [116] Temporary pavilion. [117] Mr. St. Barbe had a marked turn for letters. Some of his papers may be found in the _Cornhill Magazine_ of the seventies. [118] The late Mr. G. J. S. Hodgkinson, C.S.I., afterwards the first Judicial Commissioner of Upper Burma. [119] Now Mr. Taw Sein Ko, I.S.O., recipient of the Kaiser-i-Hind medal, Superintendent of the Burma Archæological Survey. I gratefully acknowledge much valuable help from him in the preparation of this book. [120] Messenger. [121] Raja lôg ate haiṅ [122] See p. 27. [123] See p. 126. [124] See p. 67 _et seq._ [125] Already mentioned, p. 125. [126] There is one more who has lived in obscurity in Rangoon for many years. [127] See p. 122. [128] _Supaya_ means a Princess of royal parentage on both sides. Except the King’s sister, there was in Mandalay only one real holder of the title, the Pyinzi Supaya. [129] Elder royal sister. [130] Queen. [131] See p. 270. [132] See pp. 123-4. [133] See p. 210 _et seq._ [134] Headman of a town or circle, much like a Taik-Thugyi in Lower Burma. [135] Village headman. [136] Sir Frederic Fryer, K.C.S.I., Chief Commissioner and first Lieutenant-Governor of Burma. [137] Sir James Digges la Touche, K.C.S.I., Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces and a Member of the Council of India. [138] The late Mr. H. P. Todd-Naylor, C.S.I., C.I.E., Commissioner and acting Financial Commissioner. [139] Sir J. George Scott, K.C.I.E. [140] Colonel H. A. Browning, afterwards Chief Commissioner of the Andaman Islands. [141] Mr. B. S. Carey, C.I.E., Commissioner. [142] Mr. H. M. S. Matthews, C.S.I., Settlement Commissioner. [143] The late Major-General M. Prothero, C.B., C.S.I., afterwards commanding the Burma Division. [144] Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army. [145] Colonel E. T. Gastrell. [146] _Bo_, a chief or leader. [147] “The Pacification of Burma.” [148] See p. 106.