[307] See Gazetteer of Upper Burma, pt. i. vol. i. p. 597.

[308] Op. cit. p. 35.

[309] See [p. 223].

[310] See Gazetteer of Upper Burma, pt. i. vol. i. pp. 597-601. There are numerous settlements of the Miao-tzŭ in the British Shan States, and the Gazetteer says: "It may be hoped that more will come, for they are a most attractive race."

[311] See pp. 239 and 245-246.

[312] The Chinese characters are 摩□. It is tempting, but rash, to connect the word with Mu-hsö, which means "a hunter" in the Shan, Wa, Palaung, Rumai and Riang languages.

[313] The Tibetans also call them Jang or Aj'angs (འཇངས་). Surely there is some justification for tracing a connection between this word, as spelt in Tibetan, with the name of the tribe A-ch'angs mentioned in the Gazetteer of Upper Burma, pt. i. vol. i. pp. 618-619. But see Sir George Scott's Burma, pp. 94-95.

[314] See [p. 270].

[315] Géographie de l'empire de Chine, by Richards (Shanghai: 1905).

[316] See above, pp. 228-229.