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eluded by the Bengalese under the name of Moroong, but 

 called Mroun or Mroung in the dialects of the language of 

 Ava, The chief person of this tribe has the title of Pomang 

 Gri, or great captain, although subject to Kaungla Pru, who 

 assumes no higher title. He is said to live six days journey 

 east from Manikpur, leaving the Mamuri at Tuin chera, and 

 proceeding two days by land over the hills. His residence is 

 probably, therefore, near the Tyne Hill of Mr Walker, from 

 which the Tuin chera, or rivulet, probably derives its name. 

 I was informed by Aung-ghio-se, that they dress like the Tri- 

 puras, and speak the same language, and their men are readi- 

 ly distinguished from the Moroosas by wearing the hair tied 

 in a knot on the nape of the neck. They seem to be some re- 

 mains of the indigenous Tripuras, originally the inhabitants 

 of the whole district of Chatigang, although, it must be ob- 

 served, that I also heard of some villages in the territory of 

 Kaungla Pru that were said to be occupied by Teura, or 

 Tripuras ; this, however, may have arisen from two names 

 being given to the same people. Among the southern divi- 

 sion of the Joomea Muggs, the rude tribe chiefly settled is 

 that called Saksah by themselves, Sak by the people of Rak-, 

 hain, and Saek by those of Ava. These are the same with 

 the people on the banks of the Karnaphuli already described. 

 I have already noticed, that a very considerable tribe, in 

 its own language called Zho, extends from the Sunkar north 

 along the sources of the rivers flowing towards Bengal, as far 

 at least as Kachar and Manipur, and perhaps even to Asam, 

 if they be the same with the Nagasof its inhabitants. (Annals 

 of Oriental Literature, p. 263. See also this Journal, vol. ii. 

 53). South from the sources of the Sunkar none of this 

 tribe retains independence, but there are a good many of their 

 villages subject to Kaungla Pru, although governed by their 

 own petty chiefs, (ruasah,) and allowed to retain their own 

 customs. I had several interviews with these subjected 

 Langaeh, as they are called in the Rakhain dialect, whom I 

 found rather inferior in appearance to the Moroosas ; but as 

 they were very imperfectly acquainted with the language of 

 either Bengal or Ava, my intercourse with them was not very 

 satisfactory. They are a lively, inquisitive, good-natured 



