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Appendix I

A Note by Bishop Bigandet on Burmese Bells.

Bells are common in Burma, and the people of that country are well acquainted with the art of casting them. Most of the bells to be seen in the pagodas are of small dimensions, and in shape differ from those used in Europe. The inferior part is less widened, and there is a large hole in the centre of the upper part. No tongue is hung in the interior, but the sound is produced by striking with a horn of deer or elk the outward surface of the lower part. No belfry is erected for the bells; they are fixed on a piece of timber laid horizontally, and supported by two posts, at such a height that the inferior part of the bell is raised about five feet from the ground.

The largest specimens of Burmese art are the two bells to be seen, the one at the large pagoda of Rangoon, called Shuay Dagon, and the other at Mengoon.

The first was cast in 1842, as recorded by the inscription on it. The weight of metal is 94,682 lbs.; its height, 9½ cubits; its diameter, 5 cubits; its thickness, 15 inches. But during the process of melting, the well-disposed threw in copper, silver, and gold in great quantities. It is supposed that in this way the weight was increased one-fourth.

The bell of Mengoon was cast at the beginning of this century. In shape and form it resembles our bells of Europe. It is probable that some foreigner residing at Ava suggested the idea of giving such an unusual form to that monumental bell. Its height is 18 feet, besides 7 feet for hanging apparatus. It is 17 feet in diameter, and from 10 to 12 inches in thickness. Its weight is supposed to exceed 200,000 lbs.43 In the interior, large yellowish and greyish streaks indicate that considerable quantities of gold and silver have been thrown in during the process of melting. No idea can at present be had of the power of the sound, as its enormous weight has caused the pillars that support it partially to give way. To prevent a final disaster, the orifice of the bell has been made to rest on large teak posts sunk in the ground and rising about 3 feet above it.

Appendix II

Translation of a Chinese Document, which purports to account for the Origin and Establishment of Mahommedanism in China. By Colonel Sladen.

The chief queen of the emperor Tanwan adopted a child and called him Anlaushan. In time the child developed into a man of extraordinary comeliness and wonderful intellect.

The queen was enamoured; and the adopted son became her paramour.

Anlaushan soon rose to distinction. His abilities were of the highest order, and raised him at once to fame and influence. The queenly passion was not disclosed; but suspicion had been sufficiently roused to make it prudent on the queen’s part to get rid of her lover, and defeat all signs of illicit intercourse.

Anlaushan was accordingly accused of being privy to a conspiracy to dethrone the emperor. The influence of the queen prevailed to obtain a conviction, and her favourite was banished from the royal capital.

But the injustice of his accusation and a sense of wrongs roused Anlaushan to action, and induced him to become in reality a leader of rebellion. He lost no time in collecting a large force with which he was able to make head against the government, and successfully encounter the troops of the emperor. In time he had approached within a league of the capital, and city and palace were alike threatened.

The emperor Tanwan in this emergency adopted the suggestion of his vizier Kanseree, and despatched a mission to Seeyoogwet, and implored foreign aid. A force of three thousand men was sent, under the command and guidance of three learned teachers, who arrived in due time at Tanwan’s capital. By their aid Anlaushan was defeated and eventually captured.

The rebellion was at an end, and the foreign contingent left China, to return to its own country. Here, however, a difficulty arose. Their rulers refused them admittance, and alleged as a cause for doing so, that it was against the constitution of the country to receive back men who had come into contact with pork-eating infidels. They had herded in fact with pigs and infidels, and could no longer be regarded as unpolluted subjects, or as fit members of a society which held pork in religious detestation.

They returned therefore to China, and became permanent sojourners in a foreign land. They are the original stock from which Mahommedanism has sprung up in China, in various communities, and under several denominations, &c.

Appendix III

List of Nats, or Deities, worshipped by the Kakhyens; obtained from Native Sources by Colonel Sladen.

Ngka nat; Burmese, Me nat; Eng. God of Earth.—He is worshipped on the occasions of digging gold or other mines, founding a village, and sowing paddy. The offerings made are buffalo, hogs, fowls, dried fish, and liquor (sheroo). The worship must be celebrated by the entire population of a village, and for four days next ensuing no work nor journey must be undertaken.

Mooshen or Mofitwa nat or nats. These are husband and wife, called respectively Sharoowa and Modai-pronga. Burmese, Thakya-meng; Eng. the King of Gods.—Worshipped on the occasion of clearing fields, cutting rice crop, and founding a village. The offerings made are a young male buffalo or bull, hog, cocks, eggs, rice, dried fish, and liquor, with gifts of a silk putzo and women’s ornaments. The worship is celebrated by the tsawbwa and the whole village, and cannot be offered by a private person.

Numsyang or Noon-shan nat or nats; Burmese, Yuwa-saun; Eng. the Village Guardians.—These are male and female, the eastern portion of a village being under the custody of the former, and the western of the latter. They are worshipped twice a year; also on the occasion of any epidemic or of war, and at the foundation of a new village. The offerings are as already mentioned, but the victims must be male, and the worship is celebrated by the tsawbwa with all his people.

Chan nat; Burmese, Me nat; Eng. the Sun.—Also two, husband and wife. Worshipped by chief and people at the time of clearing fields and harvesting. The offerings are red fowls, boiled rice, eggs, dried fish, bread, and liquor, with gifts of one gong, a red putzo, and masculine ornaments.

Sada nat; Burmese, La nat; Eng. the Moon.—Worshipped as foregoing. Offerings, boiled rice, dried flesh and fish, eggs, and four bamboo flasks of liquor, with gifts of feminine clothes and ornaments and a silver pipe stem.

Ning-foi, or Pomp-woi; Burmese, Le nat; Eng. the Air.—Worshipped in sickness, time of war, when going on a trading journey, clearing fields, or founding a village. Offerings, buffalo, cow, hog, fowls, &c., with gifts of putzo, gong, and silver.

Ning-gon-wa nat; Burmese, Byama nat; the Hindoo Brahma.—Regarded as the “chief tsawbwa after death.” Offerings, bread; gifts, flowers, silk putzo, and eight bamboos of liquor.

Boom nat; Burmese, Toung nat; Eng. the God of Mountains.—Worshipped in sickness, and when clearing fields or founding a village. Offerings, buffalo, cow, hog, &c.

Mŭm Sŭn; Burmese, Soba nat; Eng. the Rice God.—Worshipped for growth of rice crop, and sometimes in sickness. Offerings the same as to the Moon.

Chegah nat; Burmese, Lay-khyan-saun; the Field and Garden Keeper.—Invoked to protect them. Offerings of buffalo and cows, of which the skin is burned and the flesh boiled. Propitiated also with offerings of tobacco. Said to inflict disease in the skin and eyes.

Waroom nat; Burmese, Ana nat; Eng. the God of Disease.—Worshipped during sickness, chiefly small-pox and cholera. Offerings, buffalo, &c.

Khakhoo Kha-nam; Burmese, Yei nat; the God of Water.—Worshipped on the occasion of any one being drowned; sometimes in sickness. Offerings, two buffaloes, two hogs, two fowls, &c.

Tsethoung nat; Burmese, Tou nat; Eng. the God of Forest.—Worshipped on the occasion of founding a village, clearing fields, war, and sickness. Offerings, a hog, a goat, &c.

Ngkhoo nat; Burmese, Aing nat; the Home God, or God of Ancestors.—Worshipped in all cases of sickness. Any one wishing to migrate to another state hangs a bamboo of liquor on a post and invokes him. New rice is also offered him at harvest. Offerings, buffalo, cow, &c.

Ndong nat; Burmese, Aing-peen nat; the God of the Outside of Home.—Believed to reside in the house, but worshipped outside if one of the family is killed in war, or by drowning, fall from a tree, or the bite of a tiger or snake. Offerings, buffalo, &c.

Mo nat; Burmese, the same; the God of Heaven.—Four brothers, viz. Moung-lam, Khreenwan, Seen-lap, Mou-sheeing, and a sister, Boung-fwoy, the Thunder Goddess. A very high god of the Kakhyens, worshipped by those who desire profit in trade, victory in war, or children; also on occasion of founding a village and of sickness. Sacrifice, buffalo, cow, hog, and fowls—all which must be white—dried fish, eggs, and liquor.

Lessa nat; Burmese, Tesey, or Tuhsai; the ghost of a person murdered by the dah, supposed to cause disease.—Offerings, buffalo, &c., and boiled rice, curry, liquor, exposed in baskets.

Needang nat; Burmese, Meima Tesey; the compound spectre of mother and unborn child.

Hau-saing nat; Burmese, Taroup nat; the Chinese god.

Khokhamla; Burmese, Sing-buring; the last king.

Phee Lomoon; Burmese, Soung; the witch, believed to be able to destroy life.

Appendix IV

Note by Professor Douglas on the Deities in the Shan Temple at Tsaycow, in the Hotha Valley.

The objects of worship contained within the walls of this temple are well worthy of note, more especially as they illustrate the curious manner in which the deities representing the various faiths of Chinamen—Buddhist, Taouist, and Confucianist—are often intermingled. As the subjoined list shows, Buddhas, Buddhisatwas, Devas, Arhans, and Buddhist patriarchs, stand side by side with “True Men,” “Masters of Heaven,” and princes of the Taouist faith; while Confucianism finds a solitary representative in the Deva of Scholarly (i.e. Confucianist) Youths (No. 15). This grouping together of the deities of the “Three Religions” might appear strange to those unacquainted with the phases which these faiths have assumed in China. From the first, however, Taouism was but another form of Buddhism, and the gradual weakening, which has been going on for centuries, of the distinctive doctrines of the two sects, together with the introduction of purely Chinese superstition into both, have tended to obliterate the uncertain line of demarcation which originally separated the one from the other. Indeed, the power of absorption, whether of races or of creeds, which so peculiarly belongs to the Chinese, has served to fuse together the dogmas of Buddha and Lao-tsze with the teachings of Confucius to such an extent that, as far as the masses are concerned, they may be treated as the foundations of a common faith, and the objects set apart by each for worship are to be found not unfrequently standing in positions of equal honour—as in the present instance—in the national Pantheons.

The following is a list of the eighty deities who are enthroned in the temple:—

Yun lai tseĭh teen = the Deva of the Gathering Clouds.

Jĭh kung tsun teen = the honoured Deva of the Sun Palace.

To wăn tsun teen = Vaishravana.

Keen-na-lo Wang tsun teen = the honoured Deva, the King of the Kinnaras.

Ta hĕh tsun teen = Mahâ Kala.

Sing kung tsun teen = the honoured Deva of the Star Palace.

Tae suy tsun teen = the Chinese Cybele.

Luy shin tsun teen = the honoured Deva of Thunder.

Hoo-kea-lo Wang tsun teen = the honoured Deva, King Hoo-kea-lo.

Po-kiĕh-lo-tsew (?) tsun teen = the honoured Deva Po-kiĕh-lo-tsew (?) (Bhaskaravarna?).

Same as No. 8.

Lŭh chai pă Wang tsun teen = the honoured Deva, the Eighth King of the Six Fasts (?).

Hing ping kwei Wang tsun teen = the honoured Deva, the Disease-transmitting Demon King.

Hwa-kwang-meaou-keĭh-tseang tsun teen = Manjusri.

Joo tung te teen = the Imperial Deva of Scholarly (i.e. Confucianist) Youths.

San chi tsun teen = the Glory-scattering honoured Deva.

Mi-tseĭh-kin-kang tsun teen = the Vajra-holding honoured Deva.

Mo-le-che tsun teen = Maritchi.

Să chin jin = the True Man Să (Taouist).

Kŏ chin jin = the True Man Kŏ (Hang?) (Taouist).

Yuh te = the Jade Ruler (Taouist).

Chang Teen sze = the Master of Heaven Chang (Taou-ling?) (Taouist).

Heu chin keun = the Prince Heu (Taouist).

Ho-le-te-nan tsun = Hariti.

Yen-lo te teen = Yama.

Kwei tsze moo teen = the Demon Terrestrial Deva.

Poo-te-shoo teen = Buddhisatwa Druma.

Keen-lo te teen = the Firm and Strong Terrestrial Deva.

Mo-he-lo tsun teen = Maheshvara.

Kwang mŭh tsun teen = Virupaksha.

Tsăng chang tsun teen = Virudhaka.

Chĭh kwŏ tsun teen = Dhritarashtra.

Same as No. 8.

Kwan shing te teen = the God of War.

Te shĭh tsun teen = Buddha.

Ta fan tsun teen = Brahma.

Tsze tung te teen = the Deva of the Tsze and Tung Trees.

Ta peen teen = the Great Deva of Disputation.

Kung tĭh tsun teen = the honoured Deva of Good Works.

Hoo fa tsun teen = Dharmarakshita.

Heuen teen shang te = The Sombre-Heaven God.

Pin-too-lo tsun-chay = the Arhan44 Pin-too-lo.

Choo-cha-pwan-to-kea tsun-chay = the Arhan Choo-cha-pwan-to-kea.

Fa-na-po-sze tsun-chay = the Arhan Fa-na-po-sze.

Na-kea-mow-na-lo tsun-chay = the Arhan Na-kea-mow-na-lo.

Pwan-to-kea tsun-chay = the Arhan Pwan-to-kea.

Fa-chay-fŭh-to-lo tsun-chay = the Arhan Fa-chay-fŭh-to-lo.

Po to-lo tsun-chay = the Arhan Po-to-lo.

Soo-pin-to tsun-chay = the Arhan Soo-pin-to.

Peen-nŏ-kea-fa-tso tsun-chay = the Arhan Peen-nŏ-kea-fa-tso.

Kan heen = the Watching-the-Righteous (Deity).

Kea-che = Kâsyapa.

Chay-nŏ Fŭh = the Protecting and Answering Buddha.

Shŭh-kea Fŭh = Sakya Buddha.

Pe-loo Fŭh = Vairoshana.

A-nan = Ananda.

Wăn choo = Mangusri.

Pin-tow-loo-to-chay tsun-chay = the Arhan Pin-tow-loo-to-chay.

Kea-kea-po-tĭh-to tsun-chay = the Arhan Kea-kea-po-tĭh-to.

Nŏ-keu-lo tsun-chay = the Arhan Nŏ-keu-lo.

Kea-le-kea tsun-chay = the Arhan Kalika.

Shoo-foo-kea tsun-chay = the Arhan Shoo-foo-kea.

Lo-hoo-lo tsun-chay = the Arhan Lo-hoo-lo.

Yin-këĕ-to tsun-chay = the Arhan Yin-këĕ-to.

A-she-to tsun-chay = the Arhan Asita.

King-yew tsun-chay = the Arhan King-yew.

Tă-ma tsoo sze = the Patriarch Dharma.

Kea-lan Poo-să = the Sam̃ghârâma Buddha.

Same as No. 41.

Kwan-yin Poo-să = Avalokites’vara.

Wăn-chang te keun = the God of Literature.

Hoo-fă Wei-to = Veda, the Defender of the Law.

Tsëĕ yin Fŭh = Amita.

Same as No. 3.

Same as No. 30.

Same as No. 32.

Same as No. 31.

Has no name attached.

Shwuy ho kin kang = the Water and-Fire-Varja-(throwing Deity) [an impossible title].

Appendix V

Vocabulary.

English.Kakhyen.Shan.Hotha Shan.Leesaw.Poloung.
OneLangaiLoongTaTiLay.
TwoLakongSongSeukHnuitEh.
ThreeMasoamSamSoomSaOoay.
FourMaleeSiMeeLiPone.
FiveMangahHaNgwaNgawPohn.
SixKrooHoakHoChawTaw.
SevenSanetSaetHuitTsheTa.
EightMatsatPyetHetHayPoo.
NineTsikooKowKaowKooTeen.
TenShiSheepTakkhayTsiKew.
ElevenShilangaiSheepateKhaytaTsiliKewlay.
TwentyKoonSowSowMeetzeeEhkew.
Twenty-oneKoonlangaiSowateSowtaMeetzeetiEhkewlay.
One hundredLatsaPacklaingTabacTeenghaOobooyaw.
One thousandHainglangaiHainglaingTahaingTitooOohaing.
INgaiKowNgawNgaOw.
WeAntaingMowshoeNgawtookayNgaeuhNuibey.
YouNongtaingHowKewtakah....Ee.
HeTorawahMungMong....Pĕh.
Of meNgaihomeKowlai............
Of usAntaingloHowhalai............
Of youNangtaingloMowsoo............
Of himKeyraiĕhHongmyoon............
Of themKangtengraiĕhMyonhowlai............
AboveLataKānehAttawKhanasheeKiggo.
BelowLawooKantowLoongbawMeekhyaKirroi.
FarNowtsanaiKaiyowVaylaiOorăhLoong.
NearAneesharengaiCowalaíNeenăyTialahPuloang.
AloneNanaishaYonlaiNotahNwadayMowloutsay.
Inside........AhhowNagwahKaffan.
Behind........NoongbahKanasheeHowlaybonow.
Before........NumramJugusheeHowlaiow.
North....KaneuOobahMeegoakhewKeyroi.
South....KantowMeetopeWadasheeKeygo.
East....WanoakNeekcoamGodasheeMakkayroi.
West....WantoakSoobudaykhaybawLoosoometsighawTsika.
BestKajaiLeesubinahMakhayMageePutzee.
BadInkajahYungleeHighmakhay........
WorstToomsa inkajahMoataykhewHighmakhayawOumamageePutzee.
HighTsawahAnsoongMahanglaiMoodahKo.
Higher....Aykhera soongsaSoobudaymahanglaíAkkeymoKokakai.
Highest....LataSoobudayma-hanglaibaw....Hoakmureemurra.
LowNemaiTumalaiMahlawhoonlaiKulaQuoikaroi.
FalseNangmasonaiMonlonlaiManhayMungawOwmow.
FineTsomaiSanayTomelaiByeedahTseah.
TrueRaiaiLonlaiPēybawGhooleeawHawhoi.
ThinKasheraiYongmaiHyamlaiBattahMangah.
FatKubaiPeaehPowlaiTsuddahKalana.
ThickTatdayLalaiKanlaiGuadahNakakoi.
OilyToesaHackaylaiKokklaiKhuddahKaiaw.
PrettyTsomaiHanglilaiTomelaiBhedaTsi.
Ugly............MabyeePutzee.
BeautifulTsomaiHanglilaiTomebawBhedaTsikaw.
CleanTsomaiSenshitnaiPeubawPhawLweehaw.
DirtyShoeshakaiHangwheylaiTseetbawNeemughoondahHighai.
Dusty........SoodahShenggewPeevunay.
Cheap....MouwaiPolai....Noodah
DearMatzannehPanehKolaiKaddahGnaw.
RichSonehMe-ehChodoTsobo....
PoorMatzanehPanyonPanlaiSaddahAnpan.
OldToonglasaTonalaiMungsawTsomawTakkaw.
YoungKacheeaiOnyouThoayLanewTaheelay.
TallSawaiSoongaiMangbahMoakkawOnyou-haw.
LittleIndehkacheeaiOnzalaiAsawWablaneuKonou.
SmallKacheecheeaiOnzeeseeMoonmoonsawRunurrawKonlay-lay.
BigKubaiYanalaiKhuybawWoodawLanghaw.
TightTeetaiKapaiShinglaiTsodahPakkaw.
WideKoocabaiQuangaiQuanglabawHaydawLoomhaw.
CloseMeesaKowaiNaygawsabawThyeedawChamhaw.
PainfulMatzeeaiSipaiAtoohenlaiGoodoonnuddahToeowsayowlow.
Pleasant........KneelawkaybawTeeanawKhyenhaw.
RedKhrenaiAnengOmnahYeeneeYow.
YellowSomaiAnaingAloomYeesheeEela.
GreenChitaiAnhewAkkewYeneetsheeEevong.
BlueChitaiAnpyahAmyauhLasayLenay.
Orange........AloongasawAttewQuonlaylay.
BlackChangaiAnamAnnawYeenahEewong.
WhiteProngaiAngpuckAppewYeepooEelooee.
HandLataMewTawLapahTai.
FootLagong kheytaiTingHkayKhaypahRonaw.
NoseIndeeHunglanNayhongNahbayKoorookmoo.
EyeMeWaydahKnoydzeeMyetzooNigh.
MouthIucoopSoapMyootMalayMoay.
ToothWaShewKhowayTsitsheeShang.
EarNaMaylohoNeeshawNabawChoak.
HairKarahHoonhoẃOoOochayHeuckhyn.
HeadPongHoOwgongOodewKhyn.
TongueShingletLinWhawLatchayLatah.
BellyKhanTongOondowHickhayVot.
RockShemahLungWholoongKamahYahow.
IronPheeLĕhShanHhewTsigh.
GoldTsaHumSayKeypahYoang.
SilverComprongGoomNowayPooReun.
CopperMakreeTongToangwahGishshee....
LeadMasooChunKewayTsewPachat.
TinPheyprongLaypuckShanphewHoepewLeckleway.
BrassMakreeTonglungTungpurYeguw....
EarthKahLungleanMeNayhewKatai.
FatherKowahPawApawBabaKoon.
MotherGnooMaAggahMamaMa.
BrotherApooTsailoongAmongAiyeePeeow.
SisterMongsowNongsowHamMalaPeenangow.
ManChingpawKhoonChowLatchoeTaee.
WomanNoomPahyingInggnawLamurahYeban.
WifeMashanoomMehAymawLameuhPeeow.
ChildMangLaonTsoeeLunayYebanay.
SonKashahLookTsalooalisaTsobahlaEemeilay.
DaughterMawhonkashahLooksowEengnawsaLameunglaEebanay.
SlaveKashahpyeelaiLoogyonowKhyunChobahMyeh.
CultivatorToangnaiaiToangla............
ShepherdPeinamremaiSowpalingpeh............
HunterMounwhomaiSowmonsoMuso........
GodShingrawahSowparaOorahWhŏoChuprah.
DevilNateabaiPeahighloongTamGnayCanom.
SunSanWanPoeeNeemeeLata.
MoonLadahLhunPulawHabackheeTakkew.
StarLagreeLaowKhewCoosahLaw.
FireWanPhaiPoeeAttawNigh.
WaterIntzinNamTeaYeghawEm.
HouseIndahHuhnEenGhneeKrep.
HorseComerangMāhMangAmhoMyong.
CowToomsooBowNochoanatsaingAnyemahMuckamah.
DogQuhayMahQuhoeeAnnahSŏw.
CatNingyouehMyewKollawUrrahYewh.
CockOorangKiephooCapawUrupahYehcrow.
DuckOopyaetPyetPāyAhPyet.
Ass........MahleeKhyamyehMyonglee.
BirdNhoopyenLoakGhnawNgaNgow.
MuleLatsaylaMālawMālawTeemeeTolelaw.
BambooKawahMyēhChewgenWahmahKhyang.
StoneLoongHeenLeekawTakheeMaou.
ElephantMaguayTsangKhyangHamāhChang.
BuffaloNgāWhyNolowayAnnagaKha.
FleaWahkareeMatGhluCatteuhKhang.
Louse (body)SakhepMien....ChinutahOo.
Louse (head)CheeHow............
DeerPoPangdaiTwingMylooAhjaw.
GoatPainamPay-yahPaUtcheeMēh.
SulphurKhanKhanKhanteukKhangKhan.
SaltTsoomKhuKhawTsabowSĕh.
SugarTsantangKhuwanSaowShantahMahmoilooay.
MilkTsooLoamNonowAtcheeEmboo.
Sheep....Toe....AtchumewAtchaw.
TurbanPoonkawKhynhoeWootoopWootewKameh.
JacketPolongSeuTsayBucheuKayeup.
TrousersTebooPaGhlawMeekee....
Woman’s JacketPolongSouEenawtsaySamen bucheeKayeup yebaw.
Woman’s Turban....KlynhoeEenaw ootoopSamen wootewKameh yebaw.
PetticoatSoombooShinEenaw tungawMeekyeeKalang yebaw.
Shoes....WhyepteenKhyapteenKhyneeKhypteen.
EarringLakanPehwhoKneechawKnockawPaywhoo.
RiceShatHowTsenDthapooLakow.
OpiumYeepyenPheyYappingyenYappayYapping.
SerpentLabooMooMoweeWhoHhan.
FrogShooKoapPāwOopah....
GrassNamYāhSieawShiMat.
TreePoonsawTonemaiTsidsaingShidzeeHoi.
LeafPoonlapMowmaiSkihowTsibeeyahPhooan.
WoodPoonMytsingShakeTsidzeeHoi.
FishNgaPaMushawNgwaKā.
ColdKacheeKatKamlaiGyaddahKaw.
WarmKatetaiOonaiPoolaiTsaddahMyahcaeeai.
IceTsinGhonlam............
SnowKhenLie............
RainMarangtoPhoontoakMowrowbawMahăQnoi.
WindUmboongLoomGhliMayheeKoo.
ThunderMahmoomooaiPhasowaiMowrowMooggooPolong.
LightningMeeprapPhamypaiShapmyngBhyyeh....
SkyMooBhăAnnyowKneerueetcheeLa.
DaySheeneeKhangwanKneeMyeemalawTsungai.
NightShenahKhanghŭmTmootYeetahKeisin.
LightSheneePhalaingMowbowbawKneeowmahQneh.
DarknessInsinLapsingMowchootbawNayawTsaymawchoak.
CloudSoomoayMoayHangeenMookooMok.
RiverMereehaLamkewKawYeegyahEmhongfie.
HillBoomLoilooBoomKneekeePanang.
Insect....Pieta....Biddee....
HeartMashinHosow....SeeHogiow.
GoSamo....Kawda........
EatShamo....Kneeah........
SitDomoLaugdaKneesh........
ComeWamoMada....La....
BeatTookmoTaindaTayda........
StandRotmoLookdaYapdaHatesa....
LieKarengmoEinlengdaAydaYeetaEe.
DieSeesa................
CallShegahMaLawahKooyayTayau.
ThrowShedengTimKoondahLawVuneh.
DropHatsaToakTahyoudabTsayloho yeukOonsayau.
PlaceSherahTeayouAnhedahTakyah....
LiftTaYōngKoobawdahQnawTayan.
PullRungTeatShãybawdahGhoTutanlaybeneen.
SmokeLooLŭtGnawsheubawdahYehbecksheOwkynowkuloak.
LoveNheyraiHachlaiNawnoilawdahNguanahOwingau.
HateNeimcomeHhanhauCachencachawKneemahandauOwchungkakai.
What is your name?Nung meing ganging sagaiehNong day pay cainay............
How old is this horse?Daiee comerang kadeh tinglaeh goon....Myang honehyay mang laybounay........
I do not knowNgai inchengaiCow mhahow shayNgaw masa........
How far is it to Sanda?Sanda mying kadeh sanaiMuang Sanda kai halowChanda quhonhay wenenay........
It is a journey of one dayIntwey langai toosaLam wan qua tenglaiTanyen samhet tah.......

Agriculture:—

Kakhyen, 129

Shan, 299

Alekyoung, 22

Amulets, 409

Ashan, 316

Attack on mission of 1868, 167, 185

Attack on mission of 1875, 429

Bhamô:—

Early notices, 5

Town, 41

Old, 69

Chinese, 56, 337, 377

British Residency, 333, 362

Burma, king of, 335, 347, 357, 359

Burmese—

Treaty, 6

Costume, 10

Pooay, 352, 379

Sabbath, 378

Bells, 455

Frontier guard-houses, 336, 413

Chalktaw river, 263

Chang-see, 344

Chinese—

Frontiers, 80, 318, 416, 441

Plays, 198, 372

The, of Bhamô, 42, 377

The, of Mandalay, 454

The, of Manwyne, 159, 268

Chinese Shans, 285, 293, 374

Chowkyoung, 30

Climate of Bhamô, 40

Climate of Momien, 206

Coal mines, 25

Deebay mountains, 187

Divination, 79

Dolphins, 395

Eclipse of the sun, 1868, 308

Elias’, Mr., journey to Muangmow, 440

Fish, sacred, 24

Fishes of the Irawady, 29

Forged royal letter, 447

French expedition, the, 238

Gaudama, footprints of, 33, 263, 264

Hantin, 412

Hawshuenshan, 186, 213

Hentha, 68, 412

Hlepét, 15

Hoetone, 321

Horse worship, 309

Hot springs of Nantin, 182

Hot springs of Sanda, 262

Hotha:—

Valley of, 244

Town, 279

Old, 303

Chief of, 176, 280

Hteezeh, 22

Irawady:—

First defile of, 36

Second defile of, 33, 452

Third defile of, 23

Steamers on, 20, 335

Dolphins of, 395

Fishes, 29

Jade manufacture, 201

Kabyuet, 25

Kad-doung mountain, 316, 326

Kakhyen hills, 67, 315, 369, 402, 413

Kakhyens, 32, 45

Manners and customs of, 125-150

Deities of, 457

Language of, 464

Kambanee, 405

Kara Kakhyens, 440

Karahokah, 167

Katha, 31

Kaungtoung, 35, 447

Kethung, 22

Khanloung Kakhyens, 439

Khyan-Nhyat, 26

Khyto, 244

Kingdoung, 157

Kowlie Kakhyens, 126, 434

Kuttha, 48

Kwotloon, 441

Lakone Kakhyens, 126, 434

Lakong mountain, 85

Lankon, 414

Lasee, 317

Latha, 314

Lay-myo, 344

Leesaws or Leisus, 257, 265, 276

Lenna Kakhyens, 440

Li-sieh-tai, 28, 338, 368, 442

Loayline, 320

Loaylone, 318

Mahommedans, Chinese:—

Origin of, 224

Revolt of, 233

Conquest of, 338

Makouk, 22

Malé, 3

Maloolah, 4

Mandalay, 11, 351, 358, 453

Manhleo, 256

Manloi, 279

Manloung lake, 63, 399

Mansay, 374

Mantai, 323

Manwyne, 159, 268, 368

Margary, A. R.:—

Overland journey of, 365

Murder of, 429, 449

Mattin, 320, 446

Mawphoo, 177, 252

Mengoon, 18

Mentone, 16

Molay river, 54, 256

Momeit, 30

Momien:—

Valley of, 187

Town of, 190

Capture of, 343

Momouk, 322

Moonam river, 414

Muang-gan, 157

Muangkak, Shan state, 375

Muangkha river, 318

Muangkwan, 375

Muangla, 173, 253

Muanglong, 346, 374

Muangmow, 374, 442

Muangtee, 179, 252

Muangtha, 289

Muangwan, 311, 327

Muangwye, 317

Myadoung, 30, 361

Myait-loung hills, 19

Myit-ngé river, 16

Namboke, 315

Namkai, 441

Namkhan, 375

Nampoung river, 80, 416, 421

Namsa river, 276, 314

Namthabet river, 324, 344, 403

Namwan river, 441

Nantin, 179, 250

Nantin valley, 182

Nats:—

Sacrifice to, 329

Shan fear of, 260, 308

See Kakhyens.

Nattoung hills, 22

Opium, 135, 300

Overland trade, 1, 335, 391

Pagan, Old, 28

Pagoda:—

Seebyo, 18

Stone, 23

Votive, 52

Yethaycoo, Sessoungan, 34

Pagodas:—

Shuaybaw, 33

Shuaykeenah, 51

Hotha, 310, 380

Paloungto, 441, 442

Paloungto chief, 384

Pamkan, 441

Panthays, see Mahommedans.

Payto, 413

Peetah, 440

Phonkan, 327, 387

Ponline, 71, 414

Ponline chief, 57, 87, 405

Pong, 286

Ponsee, 85, 316

Ponwah, 422

Potatoes, 209

Queyloon, 394

River steamers, 359

River terraces, 182

Routes (see Map):—

Theinnee, 2, 16, 347

Shuaylee, 35

Ancient, 4

Embassy, 3, 250, 319, 373

Sawady, 374, 390

Ponline, 56, 393

Sprye’s, 2

Sanda:—

Town, 168

Valley, 255

Temples, 259

Sawady, 35, 383

Sehfan, 374

Seray, 425

Seray chief, 98, 419

Shan—

States, 286

People, 287

Manners and customs, 288-300

Buddhism, 65, 306, 308

Sheroo, 138

Shienpagah, 21

Shitee Meru, 316, 420

Shuaybaw, 33

Shuayduay, 210

Shuaygoo, 32, 361

Shuaykeenah, 62, 381

Shuaylee river, 30, 345, 374

Shuay-mein-toung hills, 29

Shuemuelong mountains, 177

Silver currency, 44, 377

Silver mines, 105

Singnew, 413

Singpho, see Kakhyens.

Stone celts, 204

Tagoung, 27

Tagoung-toung-daw hills, 30

Tahmeylon, 398

Taho river, 172

Suspension bridge, 178, 252

Fall of, 208

Tai, see Shans.

Tali-fu, 235, 367

Tali-fu, capture of, 341

Talone, 71

Tapeng river, 47, 103, 394

Gorge of, 324, 404

Valley of, 158, 272

Source of, 175

Floods of, 270

Tayshan mountains, 187

Teng-yue-chow, see Momien.

Theehadaw, 23

Thigyain, 30

Thingadaw, 24

Thubyo-budo hills, 22

Trade:—

Burma and China, 2, 7, 335

Of Rangoon, 1

Of Momien, 199

In salt, 21

Tsagain hills, 19

Tsampenago, 26

Tsampenago, Old, 48

Tsaycow, 303

Tsihet, 69, 412

Tsing-gai, see Bhamô.

Tsingu, 22

Tsinuhat, 26

Tsitgna, 326, 398

Tsitkaw, 60, 400, 438

Wacheoon chief, 422, 429

Woonkah chief, 431

Woonkah village, 437

Woosaw, 344

Wurrabone, 440

Yay-law, 210

Yunnan:—

Present state of, 366

Minerals of, 202

Notes

42 From ‘The Legend of the Burmese Buddha,’ by Bishop Bigandet, Rangoon.

43 It will be observed that these figures are in excess of those given by Colonel Yule, which I have quoted in the text.

44 Arhan, Professor Douglas informs me, has the same signification as the term rahan, used by me in the text.—J. A.

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