See also:

• CHIN

CHIN HILLS  , a mountainous See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Upper See also:

• BURMA

Burma . It lies on the border between the Lushai districts of Eastern See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and See also:

• ASSAM

Assam and the plains of Burma, and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 8000 sq. m . It is bounded N. by Assam and See also:

• MANIPUR

Manipur, S. by See also:

• ARAKAN

Arakan, E. by Burma, and W. by See also:

• TIPPERA (Tripura)

Tippera and the See also:

• CHITTAGONG

Chittagong See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill tracts . The Chins, Lushais and Kukis are to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east border of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India what the See also:

• PATHAN

Pathan tribes are to the north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west frontier . In 1895 the See also:

• CHIN

Chin Hills were declared a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Burma, and constituted a scheduled district which is now administered by a See also:

• POLITICAL

political officer with headquarters at Falam . The See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract forms a parallelogram 250 M. from N. to S. by too to 150 M. wide . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country consists of a much broken and contorted See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of mountains, intersected by deep valleys . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main ranges run generally N. to S., and vary in height from 500o to 9000 ft., among the most important being the Letha or Tang, which is the See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed between the See also:

• CHINDWIN
• CHINDWIN, UPPER

Chindwin and Manipur See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers; the Imbukklang, which divides the Sokte tribe from the Whenchs and sheds the See also:

• WATER

water from its eastern slopes into Upper Burma and that from its western slopes into Arakan; and the Rongklang, which with its prolongations is the main watershed of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern hills, its eastern slopes draining into the Myittha and thus into the Chindwin, while the western fall drains into the ' See See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain C . R . See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day, Descriptive See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of Musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

Instruments (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1891), p . 233 . 2 See See also:

• HONE (in O. Eng. han, cognate with Swed. hen ; the root appears in Skt. gdna, co to sharpen)
• HONE, NATHANIEL (1718-1784)
• HONE, WILLIAM (1780-1842)

Hone's Everyday See also:

• BOOK

Book, i .

1248.Boinu See also:

• RIVER

river, which winding through the hills discharges itself eventually in the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Bengal . The highest See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak yet discovered is the Liklang, between Rawywa and Lungno, some 70 M . S. of Haka (nearly ro,000 ft.) . It is supposed that the Kukis of Manipur, the Lushais of Bengal and Assam, and the Chins originally lived in See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet and are of the same stock; their See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, method of cultivation, See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and customs, beliefs and traditions all point to one origin . The slow speech, the serious manner, the respect for See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and the knowledge of pedigrees, the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of revenge, the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for and the treacherous method of warfare, the curse of drink, the virtue of hospitality, the clannish feeling, the See also:

• VICE

vice of avarice, the filthy See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the See also:

• BODY

body, mutual distrust, impatience under See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, the want of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination and of continued effort, arrogance in victory, speedy discouragement and panic in defeat, are See also:

• COMMON

common traits . The Chins, Lushais and Kukis were noted for the secrecy of their plans, the suddenness of their raids, and their extraordinary See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed in retreating to their fastnesses . After committing a See also:

• RAID

raid they have been known to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march two days and two nights consecutively without cooking a See also:

• MEAL

meal or sleeping, so as to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape from any parties which might follow them . The See also:

• BRITISH

British, since the occupation of Upper Burma, have been able to penetrate the Chin-Lushai country from both sides at once . The pacification of the Chin Hills is a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph for British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . Roads, on which Chin coolies now readily See also:

• WORK

work, have been constructed in all directions . The rivers have been bridged; the See also:

• PEOPLE

people have taken up the cultivation of See also:

• ENGLISH

English vegetables, and the indigenous districts have been largely See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed . The Chin Hills had a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (1901 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) of 87,189, while the Chins in Burma totalled 179,292 .

The See also:

• PAKOKKU

Pakokku Chin Hills, which form a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate tract, have an area of 2260 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 13,116 . (J . G .