SALWEEN  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• TENASSERIM

Tenasserim See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• BURMA

Burma . See also:

• AREA

Area, 2666 sq. m . Pop . (1901) 37,837, consisting largely of aboriginal tribes, Karens (33,448) and See also:

• SHANS

Shans (2816) . Nearly the whole district is a See also:

• MAZE

maze of mountains intersected by deep ravines, the only level See also:

• LAND

land of any considerable extent being found in the valley of the Yonzalin, while 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 is covered with dense See also:

• FOREST

forest, of which 128 sq. m. are reserved . The district is drained by three See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal 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 Salween, Yonzalin and See also:

• BILIN (Czech Bilina)

Bilin, fed by See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain torrents . The Yonzalin, which rises in the extreme N., is navigable with some difficulty in the dry See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season as far as Papun; the Bilin is not navigable within the limits of the district except by small boats and rafts . The district is in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of a See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, with See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-quarters at Papun . The See also:

• TOTAL

total rainfall in 1905 was 114.48 in., recorded at Papun . Apart from See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton-See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, there are no manufactures . A considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is carried on with See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam by bridle paths across the mountains .