225 OJJ THE RELIGION A^lt 



have coinmunicated to Sir John Shore: and if my 

 ftay in the country had been longer, I make no doubt, 

 but that I could have procured feveral of the lifts 

 ttanfmitted to court by the governors of provinces. 



P^OR the fake of the curious I fliall here tranfcribe 

 the lift of the one hundred and one nations with which 

 the Burmas are acquainted, ufing the mode hereafter 

 to be explained of exprcfting the Burma writing by 

 Roman chara6lers, and adding a lliort explanation. 

 From this I think it will appear, that the lift is formed 

 from a real knowledge of the nations, and not from 

 the idle fables brought from Hindufiaoi, and explained 

 by the miffionary. It is true, that of many of thefe 

 names I can give no account; but that will by no 

 means imply, that no fuch nation exifts; for who would 

 think that Tarout meant a Chinefe, ovKulazn European? 



Loo mioo iawa taha. Of men the nations one and 

 an hundred. 



t Myam-ma^ The proper name of the Burmas, 



2 Ta-lain,y The inhabitants of the kingdom 



of Pegu. 



3 Yun, The inhabitants of S^yammay or 



Chiamay 



4 Yoo-da-yuy The Siamviefe. 



5 Sham, The grand Siams of M. De La 



LOUBERE. 



6 Layn-fayn, The inhabitants of lower Laos 



or Lanjans. 



7 Gium, 1 Thefe are two fmall rude tribes 



8 'Kmn,- y living in hilly and woody trails 



J in the Sham country. 

 q Dha-mij A rude tribe inhabiting the banks 



of the river Thalluayn^ north, 

 from Martaban. 

 hO Kc!-raynj A rude tribe inhabiting the 



woods of the Pegu kingdom, 

 and thofe near Prone. 



11 Ku'la, 



