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It is not known, however, that the Karens are mentioned by any 

 European writer from the days of Marco Polo to the mission of Col. 

 Symmes to the court of Ava, at the close of the last century, who 

 devotes a page to them in his book ; and though his account of them 

 is not applicable to the younger Karens, yet it is substantially correct 

 of those in the neighbourhood of Rangoon, of whom he spoke. 



Gaihho Tradition.— The Gaikhos trace their genealogy to Adam, 

 and make thirty generations from Adam, to the building of the tower 

 of Babel, at which time they say they separated from the lied Karens. 

 The Sgaus call Adam and Eve Tha-nai and E-u, but both the Gaikhos 

 and the Red Karens denominate them Ai-ra-bai, or E-rai-bai, and 

 Mo-ra-mu or Mo-ren-mcu. The antiquity of this Gaikho genealogy 

 seems to me very doubtful ; but I give it, as I have received it. 

 Kai-kie, the son of Adam, bears some resemblance to Cain, but the 

 other names have nothing like them in the Bible. 



The first man and woman created were Ai-ra-bai and Mo-ra-mu • 

 and Ai-ra-bai begot Kai-kie, 



„ Kai-Kie n Plu-dau, 



» Plu-dau „ Plau-yu, 



„ Plau-yu n Po-pau, 



» Po-pau j; Kan-phlen, 



„ Kan-phlcu n Kabau, 



» Ka-bau |f Ka-die, 



„ Ka-die 99 Ka-dau, 



„ Ka-dau j} Htan-mai, 



„ Htan-mai n Plieu-sliai-du-khu 



„ Pheu-Shai-du-khu „ Yu-mu-du-htvve, 



„ Yu-mu-du-htwe J5 A-pha-sau-preu, 



„ A-pha-sau-preu „ A-pha-htu-hta, 



„ A-pha-htu-hta n A-pha-htu-ke, 



„ A-pha-htu-ke „ A-pha-pe-do, 



„ A-pha-pe-do n Thie-plau-a-pliau-hta, 



„ Thie-plau-a-phau-hta „ Lau-wa-a-pha-htu-ke, 



„ Lau-wa-a-pha-htu-ke „ Dwie-tha, 



» I>wie-tha n Pro-ka-phau-ka, 



„ Pro-ka-phau-ka „ Ka-so, 



» Ka-so „ Pra-so, 



