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                         THE LUSHEI KUKI CLANS

                                   BY

                       Lt.-COLONEL J. SHAKESPEAR


                   Published under the orders of the
                      Government of Eastern Bengal
                               and Assam


                       WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP

                       MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
                      ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
                                  1912








                               Copyright.

            Richard Clay and Sons, Limited BRUNSWICK STREET,
              STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.








                          I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

                                   TO

                              "THANGLIANA"

                       Lieut.-Colonel T. H. Lewin

         THE FRUITS OF WHOSE LABOURS I WAS PRIVILEGED TO REAP,
            AND WHO, AFTER AN ABSENCE OF NEARLY FORTY YEARS,
           IS STILL AFFECTIONATELY REMEMBERED BY THE LUSHAIS.








TABLE OF CONTENTS


    Introduction                                                xiii
    Bibliography                                                xvii
    Glossary                                                     xix


    PART I

    THE LUSHEI CLANS


    CHAPTER I                                                   PAGE

    General                                                        1

        1. Habitat. 2. Appearance and physical characteristics.
        3. History. 4. Affinities. 5. Dress. 6. Tattooing.
        7. Ornaments. 8. Weapons.


    CHAPTER II

    Domestic Life                                                 17

        1. Occupation. 2. Weights and Measures. 3. Villages.
        4. Houses. 5. Furniture. 6. Implements--Agricultural,
        Musical, Household. 7. Manufactures--Basket work, Pottery,
        Brass work,