. The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ... characteristic of the Chinese in otherparts of the Empire. Among the majority of workmen thegeneral feeling seems to be—if you get enough for foodand opium by half a days work, why distress yourself bylabouring the whole day! There can be little doubt butthat the lazy, listless attitude of the mass of the inhabitantsmay be largely attributed to the widespread prevalenceof opium eating and smoking. One grievance often re-ferred to by the people is, that while Indian opium isallowed to enter China, Yunnan opium is not allowed toenter Burmah
. The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ... characteristic of the Chinese in otherparts of the Empire. Among the majority of workmen thegeneral feeling seems to be—if you get enough for foodand opium by half a days work, why distress yourself bylabouring the whole day! There can be little doubt butthat the lazy, listless attitude of the mass of the inhabitantsmay be largely attributed to the widespread prevalenceof opium eating and smoking. One grievance often re-ferred to by the people is, that while Indian opium isallowed to enter China, Yunnan opium is not allowed toenter Burmah—though nevertheless much is smuggled intothat country. With regard to the people themselves, in addition tothe Chinese—many of whom are immigrants from Szechwan,Hunan, Hupeh, and other provinces, even as far east asKiangsu—there is a large number of the aboriginal tribes—some say between fifty and sixty—spread over the of these are only found, in any number, in theeast. They have all distinct dialects, and some say distinct. An Aboriginese Festival. The top picture shows some of the men engaged in a dance. The bottom picture shows the primitivejinisical instrument—a kind of wind-pipe organ—which they use. To face page 243. THE PEOVINCE OF YUNNAN 243 languages. It is more likely that many of these tribes areonly different branches of the same original families, andthat many dialectic differences are only differences of thesame original tongue. This is the decision arrived at byF. S. A. Boiurne, Esq., a Consular Agent who was speciallydetailed to acquire information for the British Governmentin the district where these tribes are found in greatestnumbers. In his report to the British Government, he says : There is no family of the human race—certainly nofamily with such claims to consideration—of whom so littleis accurately known as of the non-Chinese races of SouthernChina. This is in great measure due to the perfect mazeof senseless names take
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