TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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of the Kyendwen river, in about the parallel of 
Ava; the Taong-su, a migratory people, whose 
haunts are between the Setang and Saluen rivers; 
the people of Tavoy, and the Karyens. Next to 
these come the Shans, or people of Lao, who speak 
nearly the same language as the Siamese, and are 
spread over the whole of the eastern and north¬ 
eastern frontier. 
The wilder races, claiming no affinity with the 
Burmese, or Siamese, are the Zabaing, the Kyen, 
the Palaon, the Pyu, the Lenzen, the Lawa, the 
D’hanu, the D’hanao, and the Zalaung. To 
these, before the cessions to the British, might 
might be added the Chalom and the Pasa: of 
most of these races little is known beyond their 
names, or occasional place of residence. Some of 
them live in a savage state in the mountains, 
while others, as the Karyen, the Zabaing, and 
even the Kyen, are little less civilized than their 
conquerors. The Karyen and Kyen appear to be 
the most numerous and the most improved, and 
are chiefly occupied in agriculture. The former, 
especially, raise in the Peguan provinces, the 
greater quantity of the rice which is consumed. 
Notwithstanding this disposition to agricultural 
employment, so great is the quantity of good un¬ 
occupied land, and so simple are their own ha¬ 
bits, that they have no local attachments, and are 
easily induced to move their habitation from one 
part of the country to another in search of better 
