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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 104 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SALWEEN , a See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

TENASSERIM

Tenasserim See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LOWER

Lower See also:

BURMA

Burma. See also:

AREA

Area, 2666 sq. m. Pop. (1901) 37,837, consisting largely of aboriginal tribes, Karens (33,448) and See also:

SHANS

Shans (2816). Nearly the whole district is a See also:

MAZE

maze of mountains intersected by deep ravines, the only level See also:

LAND

land of any considerable extent being found in the valley of the Yonzalin, while the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is covered with dense See also:

FOREST

forest, of which 128 sq. m. are reserved. The district is drained by three See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

rivers, the Salween, Yonzalin and See also:

BILIN (Czech Bilina)

Bilin, fed by See also:

mountain torrents. The Yonzalin, which rises in the extreme N., is navigable with some difficulty in the dry See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season as far as Papun; the Bilin is not navigable within the limits of the district except by small boats and rafts. The district is in See also:

charge of a See also:

SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, with See also:

head-quarters at Papun. The See also:

TOTAL

total rainfall in 1905 was 114.48 in., recorded at Papun. Apart from See also:

cotton-See also:

WEAVING

weaving, there are no manufactures. A considerable See also:

trade is carried on with See also:

SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam by bridle paths across the mountains.

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