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THE POVERTY VISIBLE AT RAMBREE. 
Rukkhein marauders in earlier times, and 
were taken prisoners during the wars of the 
Rukkhein -pr eh* Rfijds with the Nawdbs of 
Chittagong and Dacca. They are now so 
assimilated to the rest of the population in 
dress, language, and feature, that it is diffi- 
cult to conceive a distinction ever existed. As 
if ashamed of their Mahammedan descent, 
individuals of this class have generally two 
names, one that they derive from birth, and 
the other such as is common to the natives 
of Arracan, and by which they are desirous of 
being known. The Hindus, again, are gene- 
rally natives of Chittagong and Dacca, 
who came down into Arracan to pick up 
what they can, returning to their homes so 
soon as a certain sum of money shall have 
been collected. 
Under the head of Mughs {Magas) are 
included many inferior castes, such as the 
Hydh, Phrd-gyoung, and DMng. Much 
uncertainty prevails with respect to the 
origin of these castes ; it is either involved 
in obscurity, or totally lost to those with 
W'hom I have conversed upon the subject. 
By some, it is affirmed, that the Hydhs were 
originally natives of a country beyond Mani~ 
jjur, but nothing further could be obtained, 
so as to facilitate a discovery of their des- 
cent, or account for their settlement in the 
province. In former days the Hydhs tilled 
the crown lands, were exempted from taxa- 
tion, and gave one-half of the produce to the 
sovereign. It is insinuated by the Rak- 
kheins, that not a few of the Hydh caste were 
employed as eunuchs in the service of the 
Arracan Rajas. They now occupy themselves 
in the cultivation of pawn and chilly gardens, 
but are looked upon as an inferior caste, and 
consequently never intermarry with the Rak- 
kheins,” 
Many houses are seen at Rambree ; but 
although it is the second city in Arracan, empty 
shops on each side the street and other signs 
ofpoverty are visible. Here and there a Man- 
chester shawl, a piece of chintz, or printed 
handkerchief might be seen hung up to view. 
Few engage in trade ; the greater part of 
the population are either idlers, day-labourers^ 
agriculturists, or fishermen. At one time 
Rambree was the grand emporium of trade. 
We must here conclude our review of these 
interesting papers by Lieut. Foley. We admire 
* Arracan, known in past times as Refcha- 
ywra I and so called from its having been the 
abode of the “ Hakhhus j” a fabulous monster, 
said to devour the inhabitants. The scene of 
this monster’s alleged depredations seems to 
have been in the neighbourhood of what is 
now termed the “Fort of Arracan !”( )/row- 
fi-mu, built by Raja Choumoeng, in the year of 
Gautama 1150, and in the common era 792, or 
A. D. 1430.) On the extirpation of this mon- 
ster, Arracan was termed “ Hulckhein-prefi,^'* 
or “ the country of the Ruk 
kheins ; an appellation equally common to the 
natives of Arracan with that of Mugh, or 
Mogh : the Burmahs, substituting the letter Y, 
for R, call them “ Yukkhein. ” 
the style in which they are written ; and, al- 
though we are disappointed in our expecta- 
tions as to his details of the geology of 
Rambree, he has displayed much talent ; 
and we trust he will furnish the public with 
further accounts of this interesting country 
and its inhabitants. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
DESCRIPTION OF SUNDRY NEW 
SPECIES OF CINNYRIS INHA- 
BITING NEPAL. 
By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 
Resident in Nepal. 
For the India Review. 
TENUIROSTRES CINNYRIDCE GENUS 
CINNYRIS. 
Section with short even tail. 
1st species. — Magna. Great Sun bird, 
nobis. Above, lively yellow green; below, 
flavescent white ; the whole picked out with 
a large central streak of black on each 
feather ; alar and caudal plumes, unstreaked ; 
the former, dusky within ; the latter, 
throughout concolorous with the body and 
furnished near the tips with a broad black 
cross bar: bill dusky ; legs, feet, and claws, 
bright orange. Sexes alike. Size large, 8 by 
11:| inches and 1^ oz ; bill 1^ inches, 
signally large and very moderately curved ; 
wings to middle of tail ; 5 th quill usually 
longest ; 1st not bastard; 2nd and 3rd dis- 
tinctly gradated.* Seems to be nearly allied 
to the Longirostris of Temminck. 
2nd species. — Purpurata auctorum ? 
Epauletta nobis. Throughout saturate blue, 
with an intense changeable gloss ; mostly 
metallic green above, and purple below. 
Across the breast a sanguine chesnut band ; 
near the shoulders, under the wings, a bril- 
liant yellow tuft, more or less touched with 
igneous (unde nomen) ; wings and tail less 
glossed than body, and black internally ; bill 
and feet jet black , iris, saturate brown. 
Sexes alike : 4f inches by 6|, and | oz. 
Bill ^ longer than head and moderately cur- 
ved, but more so than in the last : wings 
to mid-tail, 1st bastard, 2nd long, three 
next subequal and longest. Indications of 
subgeneric division ? 
3rd species. — Strigula. Stripe-throat 
nobis. Above, dark olive green ; below, 
bright yellow ; shoulders and a long cen- 
tral stripe from chin to breast, brilliant deep 
blue ; alarand caudal plumes dusky or black ; 
* According’ to my experience, this is the 
more general form of the wing in. Cinnyris ; 
a genus, however, which courts subgeneric 
division, relatively to the diverse minor diver- 
sities of wing, bill, and tail. 
