1866.] Physical Character of the Karens. 3 



Pray-kS-yong for Kay or Gaikho. 



Lau „ Toungtliu. 



SgaUj or Pgha-knyan. 



This tribe is known by a diversity of names. 



Sgau, the name the tribe give themselves. 



Burmese Karens, thus designated by some English writers. 



White Karens, the name given them by English travellers to distin- 

 guish them from the Red Karens. 



Myeet-tho, so designated by the Burmese. 



Shan, the name the Pwas give them. 



Pa-ku, the name by which they are known in Toungoo, and to the 

 Red Karens ; but it more properly denotes a sub-tribe of Sgaus. 



Shan-ne-pgha, a name given to another sub-tribe of Sgaus. 



We-wa, a small sub-tribe of doubtful origin, but probably originally 

 Sgaus. 



Bgiiai, or Pie-ya. 



The Bghais have no distinctive name for themselves, besides Pie-ya. 



Bghai is the name the Sgaus give them, and they recognise the 

 name so far as to apply it with an adjective to sub-tribes among 

 themselves. 



Bghai-ka-teu, " Bghais at the end," is the name of the Tunic 

 Bghais, as used by the Pant Bghais ; because they live at the extre- 

 mity of the tribe nearest Toungoo. 



Tunic Bghai is the name given to the above sub-tribe, by English 

 writers, because they wear tunics or frocks. 



Bghai-ka-hta, " Upper-Bghai." The Pant Bgh#s are thus de- 

 nominated by the Tunic Bghais, because they live on the streams 

 above them. 



Pant Bghai is the denomination by which all the Bghais that wear 

 pants are known to English writers. 



A-yaing, or Ka-yen Ayaing, " Wild Karens," is the name the 

 Burmese give to nearly all the Pant Bghai. 



Leik-bya-gyie, " Great Butterflies" is the Burmese name of a por- 

 tion of the Tunic -Bghai. 



Leik-bya-guay, " Little Butterflies" are other villages of Pant 

 Bghai. 



