Mandalay to Momien: A narrative of the two expeditions to western China of 1868 and 1875, under Colonel Edward BSladen and Colonel Horace Browne . THE KAKHYENS. 125 CHAPTER V. THE K A K H Y E N S. The Kakhyens or Kakoos — The clans — Their chiefs — Mountainvillages — Cultivation and crops — Personal appearance — Costume— Arms and implements—Female diess and ornaments — Womenswork — Sheroo — Morals — Marriage — Music—Bu-ths—Funerals —Eeligion — Language — Character — How to deal with them — Ourparty. From the summit of the lofty hill, fully two thousandfeet above our camp, called Sliitee-doung,
Mandalay to Momien: A narrative of the two expeditions to western China of 1868 and 1875, under Colonel Edward BSladen and Colonel Horace Browne . THE KAKHYENS. 125 CHAPTER V. THE K A K H Y E N S. The Kakhyens or Kakoos — The clans — Their chiefs — Mountainvillages — Cultivation and crops — Personal appearance — Costume— Arms and implements—Female diess and ornaments — Womenswork — Sheroo — Morals — Marriage — Music—Bu-ths—Funerals —Eeligion — Language — Character — How to deal with them — Ourparty. From the summit of the lofty hill, fully two thousandfeet above our camp, called Sliitee-doung, whichit became possible to ascend during the latter partof our stay, an extensive view was obtained. Fromit to the north a sea of hills extended as far as theeye could reach; to the south stretched ranges of hillscovered with forest, save where little clearings showedthe presence of villages; to the north-east lofty parallelranges closed in a narrow valley with a river windingdown it. These hills are the country of the mountaineers belong to the widely spread racethat under the name of
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