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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUNLONG , the name of a See also:

district and See also:ferry on the See also:Salween, in the See also:northern Shan States of See also:Burma. Both are insignificant, but the See also:place has gained notoriety from being the nominal See also:terminus in See also:British territory of the railway across the northern Shan States to the See also:borders of Yunnan, with its See also:present terminus at See also:Lashio. In point of fact, however, this terminus will be 7 M. below the ferry and outside of Kunlong circle. At present Kunlong ferry is little used, and the See also:village was burnt by Kachins in 1893. It is served by dug-outs, three in number in 1899, and capable of carrying about fifteen men on a trip. Formerly the See also:trade was very considerable, and the Burmese had a customs station on the See also:island, from which the place takes its name; but the See also:rebellion in the See also:great See also:state of See also:Theinni, and the southward See also:movement of the Kachins, as well as the See also:Mahommedan rebellion in Yunnan, diverted the caravans to the northern route to See also:Bhamo, which is still chiefly followed. The Wa, who inhabit the hills immediately overlooking the Nam Ting valley, now make the route dangerous for traders. The great See also:majority of these Wa live in unadministered British territory.

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