NOTICE 



OF THE 



KHYEN TRIBE, 



INHABITING THE YUMA MOUNTAINS, 



BETWEEN 



By lieutenant T. A. TRANT, 



His Majcstifs BSth Regiment of Foot. 



vJN the march from Yandaboo to Aeng, in 1826, across the Yuma moun- 

 tains, an opportunity first occurred of obtaining some personal knowledge 

 of the people by whom those mountains are inhabited, and the following brief 

 notices of them may, perhaps, not be thought uninteresting. 



The people who inhabit the range of mountains that separate Ava from 

 Aracan, and who are termed Khyen, are very different in character and ha- 

 bits from their Burman neighbours : in appearance, the men are much inferior 

 to the Burmese, their countenances being flatter, and not so regular : the dress 

 also differs J it is very simple; a black cloth, striped with red and white, is 

 thrown over the shoulders, a black cloth is worn round the loins, and a black 

 jacket is occasionally used. They bind their hair with a fillet of black or 



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