indicate the route.” But the identity of the traditional
desert of the Karen with the desert of Gobi has yet to
be established.
THE SHAN
The Karen in Burma has to' be looked for; the
Shan with his wide trousers and flapping hat, his
instinct of trade, his princes and feudatory states, and
h i s considerable
civilisation is a
much more notable
person,
The race began
to sp r e a d into
B u r m a f r om
South - we s t e r n
China about two
thousand y e a r s
ago, I ts migration
was hastened
b y the pressure
o f t h ë Chinese
races behind, and
as this pressure
increased it spread
f rom the valley
of the S h w e 1 i
r i v e r,. its first
home in Burma,
s o u t h w a r d s to shan girj,, bhamo
