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Serial No.	Head.	Brief description.	Authority.	Page.
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15	War ...	Raids ; stockades ; pitfalls ; use of pdngyis; methods of defence; decapitation of foes.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Wehrli ... ... Dalton ... ...	428 39 11
16	Hunting ...	Portion of game killed reserved for nats. Blood sprinkled towards jungle.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Wehrli ... ...	428 55
17	Agriculture ...	Taungya the commonest form. Offering to nats. Huts built on taungya. Harvest festivals ...	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Gray ... ... Wehrli ... ... Strettell ... ...	426 8, 9 45 149
18	Habitations...	Long, oblong, of bamboos and thatch. Several families frequently living together.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. W. A. Hertz ... Gray ... ... Wehrli ... ... A. R. Colquhoun, Across Chryte, London, 1883.	436 3 1 41 348
19	Government...	Kumsa Kachins governed by Duwas. Kumlao Kachins democratic. Office of Duiaa hereditary. Tribute paid to him.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Wehrli ... ...	412 34
20	Laws ...	No recognized legal rules. Conception of "debts," Law of inheritance.	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Wehrli ... ...	415 33, 37
21	Covenants, oaths, ordeals.	Rice boiling and hot water ordeals. Oaths ... ...	Upper Burma Gazetteer, Vol. I, Part I. Wehrli ... ...	427 65