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above it ; and that therefore the " more" of the third decade is aptly 

 " four," and so on. It will be remarked, that from 40 to 90, the 

 term wi represents " ten ;" thus wi, " ten, 5 ' and plu, " four," make 

 wi p'lu " forty." It will be moreover perceived, that between 40 

 and 50, the term pangno, is used instead of pang. It is probable that the 

 first is the correct term, and that the latter is merely an abbreviation. 

 The name t'hoon, " three," is the same as in the Burmese language, 

 only that in the latter it is pronounced softly thoon. The term pang or 

 pangno, " five," is evidently derived from the same root pdgnya, " wis- 

 dom," as is the Pali term pegntsa, " five." 



A peculiarity which so remarkably characterizes the Indo-Chinese 

 languages does not exist in this dialect ; and that is, that there are no 

 numeral generic affixes ; thus um, " a house," and nu " two," are suffi- 

 cient to express " two houses." In the case however of human beings 

 there is a kind of adjunct used either with or without numerals ; as 

 khum{, "a man;" khumi laungnu, "two men;" tchipau, "a child;" 

 tchipau laung t'hoon " three children." 



THE KYAUS. 



There is only one village of this tribe in existence ; it is situated on 

 the banks of the Kuladyne, and in the midst of the large clan of the 

 Khiimis. The Kyaus relate that their tribe was originally numerous, 

 but that now this single village is all that has been spared from the 

 attacks of the Shentoos and other powerful neighbours. The Kyaus 

 are viewed by the rest of the Toungthas, with a kind of estrangement ; 

 few among these latter being able to master their dialects. The first 

 thing that strikes one on entering the village of the Kyaus is their 

 marked difference in physiognomy from that of all the other hill 

 tribes. Indeed the general physiognomy of the Toungtha is a Tar- 

 tar-like family face, but the Kyaus in feature, dress, and appear- 

 ance could scarcely be distinguished from the lower class of the 

 Bengali peasantry of Chittagong. The Khiimis are fair, with small 

 features : the Kyaus are dark, with large features. The Khiimis 

 invariably wear a cotton head-dress, and their hair tied upon the crown, 

 and shave no portion of their head : the Kyaus on the other hand 

 shave a few inches of hair from the forehead, tie it low down on the 



