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are diftinguifhed for their innocence and induihy. By 

 the Burmas they are faid to be of two kinds ; Burma 

 and Talain Karayn. Some of them, with whom I 

 converted, feemed to underftand this diftincrion, calling 

 the former Pajfooko and the latter Maploo. This, how- 

 ever, probably aroie from thefe individuals being bet- 

 ter acquainted with the Burma ideas, than the gene- 

 rality of their countrymen ; for the greater part of 

 thole, with whom I converfed, faid that all Karyn 

 were the fame, and called them Play. I am, however, 

 not certain if I underftood them rightly ; nor do I 

 know, that I have obtained the proper name of this 

 tribe. I have given a vocabulary of each of thefe, 

 who feemed to underftand the diftinction of Burma 

 and Taila'm Karayn, and two of different villages who 

 did not underftand the difference ; for in this nation I 

 found the villages differing very much in dialect ; 

 even where not diftant, probably owing to their having 

 little communication one with another. It muft be 

 obferved, that in ufing an interpreter, one is very lia- 

 ble to miftakes, and thofe I had were often verv i 2:11c- 

 rant. 



