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The Siiiii'phnos, or Tartars, who came originally from 

 .Japan, possess an extraordinary decree of energy, and 

 Miller not su much i'roni opium ; however, they do not 

 give themselves up to the habitual use of it. In the in- 

 terior of llie country all is disorder ; chief is against 

 chief, and elan again>t elan. It is tin' s;une on tiie west- 

 <T;I frontier, bordering Assam. But on the borders of 

 A--am thev are given to plunder ; and prior to the Brit- 

 ish taking Assam, thev used to rush down on her, and 

 sweep away her people and cattle, and, man and beast 

 alike, thev sold to the people in the interior; and so the 

 Singphoos, being in possession of slaves, thought it 

 slavery to work. Consequently, there never was enough 

 of provision^ to la.-t for the whole vear, and when their 

 supply would be exhausted, thev then sought in the 

 woods lor vanis, the rl[ top ol the bamboo, and other 

 vegetables ol a nmilar kind; or thev would watch from 

 behind a tree a whole day to gvt a p;>i shot at a pig or a 

 deer, for thev had but little powder, ami their ball was 

 a hammered piece ol iron, and thev could not allbrd to lose 

 either bv miinif fire. Mlephants thev >hot with a poi- 

 soned dart, fnvd from a gun. The poison was a root 

 ealh-d i-'. \\liich they pounded, and put on the dart; the 

 dart \\;t- twelve [<> fmirtecii inches IIHLT- The tusks 

 they t.i,k away and >ild ; the bodv wa- useless. Tlieir 

 religion \sa- blond jur b!oid. I heard of a voumj man 

 win) kil!-l a in-ighbor in a light. lie had to flee from 

 the murder, d man's relatives ; but t\vo of them followed 

 him several mouth- until they found him out at Suddea, 

 watched him at night until they found where lie con- 

 c>-a!'d himself to sleep, and fell upon him and killed him 



