202 ON THE RELIGION AND 



" ftellation." Laynzayn is the vulgar name for 

 " the capital of the louthern Laos. 

 68. " A boat's ladder is Tareiddha, a conftellation of 

 " fix circles, of Kula country the conftellation." 

 Kula is the name commonly given to Europeans^ 

 but is applicable to all the weftern nations. 



Along with the accounts of the Burma conftel- 

 lations, Johannes Moses gave Captain Symes two 

 circular fchemes, which evidently relate chiefly to a 

 lunar zodiac. Thefe fcheme*s Captain Symes oblig- 

 ingly communicated to me, but without any expla- 

 nation. 



The ultimate divifion in the larger plan is into 

 twenty-feven figns, reprefenting the diurnal motion 

 of the moon in her orbit. I negle6led to procure the 

 Burma names for thefe figns; as I was told, that they 

 were all contained in the delineations of the fixty- 

 cight conftellations; and as I thought, from the dif- 

 pofition of the ftars, that I fliould be able to find out 

 what conftellations were meant: but fince 1 have had 

 ieifure to examine them, 1 find that this is by no 

 means the cafe. 



The next divifion, and which is to be feen in the 

 outer circle of both plans, is into nine figns, each 

 containing three of the former. The names for thefe 

 are: i, the horfe conftellation j 2, the Pyain con- 

 ftellation; 3, the crow conftellation; 4, the Haynfha 

 conftellation; 5, the Kayn crab conftellation; 6, the 

 balance conftellation; 7, the. Zangiayn conftellation; 

 8, Dana conftellation; 9, the elephant conftellation, 

 Thefe are to be fecn in the delineation, and lift of 

 the Biorvia ftars, Nos. 10, 2, 41, 43, 34, 56, 61, 

 15, 22. 



Thefe 



