248 Dr Hamilton’s Account of a Map of KosJianprL 
Journa), included in the territory of the Mrelap-shan, he ex- 
cludes in this particular map of that territory, which confirms 
what I have already said on that subject (Phil. Journ, voL iv. 
p. 31.) ; and in this case the proper territory of the Tailung, 
or Kasi Shan, must have been larger than even the proper 
kingdom of Ava. But, although the princes of the Tailung 
(Nora of Asam) may have at one time governed this large terri- 
tory, and even extended themselves along the Brahmaputra to 
Asam, to which they gave princes ; yet their territory seems al- 
ways to have been chiefly inhabited by rude tribes, and these 
seldom thoroughly subjected to the princes of the Shan race. 
It is much to be regretted, that the compiler did not lay down 
any of the rivers by which this territory is watered. They are, 
I understand, numerous. He also represents as a mere ridge 
the hills bordering the kingdom of Ava on the west, concerning 
which I have already given my opinion, (Phil. Journ. vol. iv. 
p.85). 
The Shan men, it is said, never work, and it would be con- 
sidered as a thing very shameful to a woman for her husband to 
be seen at labour. The men continue all day in the house sleep- 
ing and smoking, while the women toil in the fieldsi These 
poor creatures shave their heads, which, with their hard labour, 
must in a great measure destroy their personal attractions, and 
thus reduce them to mere drudges. The cultivators do not live 
in villages, as is usual in India and Ava, but in scattered habi- 
tations. Their chiefs or zabuas have large cities, from whence 
they take their titles, and are hereditary ; nor are they usually 
removed from their office, except when a complaint is made by 
their subjects to the King. Should the complaint be judged 
well founded, the next heir succeeds. In cases of mental imbe- 
cility, or minority, the King appoints a temporary regent. 
They pay a fixed tribute, and at the Court of Ava take prece- 
dence of the Wungris or principal ministers, although they have 
no authority except in their own territories. 
I did not learn the proper names of the Koshanpri or Nine 
Provinces of Shan, which are usually mentioned in the King’s 
titles, and which, I understood, alluded entirely to the territory 
of the Shanwas, although, when we were at Ava, I had reason 
to think, from other authority, that this territory had been sub- 
