BIBLIOGRAPHY

MAJOR W. "Account of the Valley of Manipore and the
Hill tribes ; with a comparative vocabulary of the Manipore and
other languages." Calcutta, 1859. Selections from the Records of the
Government of India (For. Dept.) XXVII.

This is a most valuable book, full of useful information as regards
all the Hill tribes of Manipur. I have made use of it freely in Part
II., but space did not allow of my extracting all that I should have
liked to reproduce, It would be well worth while to reprint this
book, with notes bringing it up to date.

STEWART, LIEUTENANT R. " Notes on Northern Cachar. Journal of
the Asiatic Society of Bengal," Vol. XXIV, 1855.

Another most valuable book, as regard Thados and Old Kukis,
which would well repay reprinting. Both these books contain
coTxiparative vocabularies.

HEWIJST, CAPTAIN THOMAS HERBERT. "Progressive Colloquial Exercises
in the Lushai Dialect of the 4 Dzo' or Kuki Language, with vocabu-
laries and popular tales. (Notated.) Calcutta, 1874.

One of these tales is reproduced in Part IL The tales are well
translated, but the Lushai is transliterated in a manner now out of
date. The notes are as excellent as one would expect from a
writer who certainly knew more of the Lushai than anyone else at
that time, and who was more admired by them than any other white
man has ever been.

BY THE SAME AUTHOE. " The Hill Tracts of Chittagong and the
Dwellers therein." Calcutta, 1869.

A most fascinating book, full of information, expressed in good
English. Pages 98 to 118 deal with Lushais and Shendus, i«.
Lakhers.

BY THE SAME AXITHOE. u A fly on the wheel: or how I helped to govern
India."

The portion concerning the Author's life among the Lushais is full
of interest, and his word pictures of the scenery and life among the
people, for " Thangliana " as he was called really did live among
the people, sharing their food even, are accurate and graphic. To
few Europeans is the power given to mix thus with such savages and
yet retain their respect. I once heard a Lushai's comment on u
young officer who with the best of intentions tried to imitate the

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