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AFTER the suppression of the Mahometan rebellion in the Chinese province of Yünnan, a number of the so-called Panthays took refuge in British Burmah to avoid the indiscriminate cruelty of their conquerors; but they have recently migrated, apparently en masse, to another region. This, we gather from a Rangoon paper, is a tract of country on the north-east of Upper Burmah, which belongs neither to the Siamese nor the Burmese, and over which the Chinese have never pretended to exercise any authority. This district is ruled over by a number of Shan and Kachyen chieftains, some of whom were at first inclined to oppose the Panthay settlement, but have ceased to make any opposition to it. The immigrants are said to be nearly 3,000 in number, and are divided into two settlements about ten miles apart. They have intermarried with the women of the country, and in course of time will, no doubt, form a considerable community among these savage tribes. Their principal occupation is agriculture, though a few of them have taken small quantities of goods from Mandalay, and have laid the foundation of a trade with the surrounding tribes. These Panthays, it seems, prefer the rude independence of their colony in the wilds to settling in either Upper or British Burmah.
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GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES . Nature 18, 95 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018095b0
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