404A Notes on the Tribes of the Eastern Frontier. No. 4, 
commendation, rewarded for their good services. I trust the manner 
in which [ have carried out your instructions to restore confidence 
amongst the lowland people, whose lives and property were exposed 
to attack, will meet with your approval. 
The work of the current season will include the unfinished 
portion of the distzict, from the Bay of Bengal and Lemroo river 
on the west, to the Yeomadoung range of [ills on the Ava frontier. 
The Keoks of the two frontier circles, Tandan and Lemroo, have in- 
formed me, that in addition to the wild Khengs, there are several vil- 
lages of Burmese dacoits, (living within their circles paying no revenue, 
and saying they are subjects of Ava,) who, it is likely, will oppose my 
proceedings on the frontier, ‘ 
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*Notes on the Tribes of the Kastern Frontier, No. II—By J. H. 
O’DoneEL, Esq., Revenue Surveyor of Arracan. 
(Communicated by A. Grore, Hsq.) 
The Eastern portion of the district from the Yeomadoung to the 
Lemroo river is mountainous and hilly. The lowlands are situated 
chiefly on the west of the Lemroo river, and oa the east of the same 
river there is a narrow belt of lowland, 50 miles in length, and from 
1 to 4 miles in breadth. The hill tribes living on our eastern frontier 
are Khyens, Mrookhyens, and Koos. 
Kuyens.—The Khyensdiffer from the Burmese in dress, language and 
habits : they occupy both banks of the Lemroe river from the Wah Khe- 
ong to the Khee Kheong and the low hills west of the Jegaendong range 
visible from the plains, the valley of the Taroce Kheong and the low 
hills and plains within the Tandan, Gnacharain, Prwanrhay and Dain- 
boong circles. They are a quiet inoffensive people and number 3,304 
souls who pay land revenue and capitation tax to the amount of 
Rs. 3,883. Several Khyens have settled down as permanent lowland 
cultivators, where they have been driven to the necessity of cultivating 
the fields, to avoid the violence and periodical aggressions of the neigh- 
bouring wild people; those living en the west of the Lemroo river, 
consider that broad river as a sufficient protection. The males fre- 
cuently go almost naked, having a rag fastened by a string in front 
* Extract from a letter to the Commissioner of Arrakan. 
