between the Southern Part of Bengal and Ava. 27 



people, with harsh Chinese countenances, but seem abundant- 

 ly acute. To cover their nakedness, both men and women 

 who came to visit me, held round their waists a bit of cotton 

 cloth ; but this was secured by one of their hands, and was 

 used out of compliment to me as a stranger, for at home both 

 sexes go entirely naked. They are not, however, without or- 

 naments of beads, tin, and silver. Of beads they use great 

 numbers, and of considerable variety, green and white glass, 

 coral, and amber. The latter they probably receive from 

 Ava, where there are mines of this substance. They tie their 

 hair in a knot on the nape of the neck. 



The Langaeh cultivate jooms in the same manner as their 

 neighbours, and rear hogs, goats, and poultry. They have 

 slaves, procured as usual by advancing money to those who 

 are in debt. They have no writing, nor priests, but acknowledge 

 two gods, a female named Po-vang, and a male named Sang- 

 ro. The most intelligent chief of a village that I met did not 

 pretend to know where these deities reside ; but he said, that, 

 on certain occasions, their old men and women directed the 

 performance of sacrifices. These rites were also as usual 

 vowed by those who dreaded a bad crop or disease. The sa- 

 crifice is performed by killing a fowl, a goat, or a pig, the 

 blood being offered to the deity, and the flesh reserved for a 

 feast. The Langaeh takes an oath by holding up between his 

 hands some cotton and rice, and wishing that Po-vang and 

 Sang-ro may destroy him and his property if he does not 

 speak truth. The Langaeh bury their dead. I was not able 

 to discover that they had any idea of a future state ; but this 

 may have been owing to a want of knowledge in their lan- 

 guage. 



The Langaeh take only one wife. When a young man and 

 woman like each other, the lover makes a present to the pa- 

 rents of the girl, and the marriage is celebrated with dancing 

 and feasting, but is not accompanied by any religious cere- 

 mony. Gyals ( Bos frontalis, Lambert, Lin. Trans, vii. 302. 

 Bccuf sauvage de Vlnde, St. Hillaire et Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des 

 Mammifl'res, Livr. 41,) and all kind of provisions are collect- 

 ed for the marriage feast, which lasts for eight or nine days. 



The arms of the Langaeh consist of a shield and spear with 



