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  THEOBALD 
  ! 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  whereon 
  an 
  addition 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  touching 
  this 
  very 
  matter, 
  in 
  

   the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  note 
  by 
  Sir 
  A. 
  P. 
  Phayre, 
  dated 
  the 
  16th 
  February 
  1870, 
  

   that 
  the 
  British 
  boundary 
  properly 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  dividing 
  range 
  between 
  

   the 
  Sittoung 
  and 
  Salwin, 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  displayed 
  in 
  the 
  map 
  by 
  Captains 
  

   Edgcombe 
  and 
  FitzRoy. 
  I 
  am 
  inclined, 
  however, 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  above 
  

   note 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  assertion 
  of 
  British 
  supremacy 
  which 
  exists 
  within 
  the 
  

   area 
  in 
  question. 
  This 
  view 
  is 
  moreover 
  countenanced 
  by 
  a 
  second 
  

   note 
  being 
  added 
  lower 
  down, 
  below 
  Parallel 
  19°, 
  announcing 
  the 
  

   existence 
  there 
  of 
  " 
  Tribes 
  of 
  Christians 
  paying 
  revenue 
  to 
  British 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment." 
  The 
  meaning 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  obvious, 
  though 
  ' 
  Christian 
  Tribes' 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  correct 
  expression, 
  the 
  race 
  or 
  tribal 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   Christians 
  in 
  question 
  being 
  Karen. 
  

  

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