originally called Luluh; the modern designation Kolo is incorrect."[1] They are at present found in the prefecture of Tating (one of the departments of Kweichau towards the Yun-nan side).  “They are tall, of a dark complexion, with sunken eyes, aquiline nose, wear long whiskers, and have the beard shaved off above the mouth.  They pay great deference to demons, and on that account are sometimes called ‘Dragons of Lo.’ ...  At the present time these Kolo are divided into 48 clans, the elders of which are called Chieftains (lit.  ‘Head-and-Eyes’) and are of nine grades....  The men bind their hair into a tuft with blue cloth and make it fast on the forehead like a horn.  Their upper dresses are short, with large sleeves, and their lower garments are fine blue.  When one of the chieftains dies, all that were under him are assembled together clad in armour and on horseback.  Having dressed his corpse in silk and woollen robes, they burn it in the open country; then, invoking the departed spirit, they inter the ashes.  Their attachment to him as their sole master is such that nothing can drive or tempt them from their allegiance.  Their large bows, long spears, and sharp swords, are strong and well-wrought.  They train excellent horses, love archery and hunting; and so expert are they in tactics that their soldiers rank as the best among all the uncivilized tribes.  There is this proverb:  ’The Lo Dragons of Shwui-si rap the head and strike the tail,’ which is intended to indicate their celerity in defence.” (Bridgman, pp. 272-273.)

The character Lo, here applied in the Chinese Tract to these people, is the same as that in the name of the Kwangsi Lo of M. Pauthier.

I append a cut (opposite page) from the drawing representing these Kolo-man in the original work from which Bridgman translated, and which is in the possession of Dr. Lockhart.

[I believe we must read To-lo-man.  Man, barbarian, T’u-lao or Shan-tzu (mountaineers) who live in the Yunnanese prefectures of Lin-ngan, Cheng-kiang, etc.  T’u-la-Man or T’u-la barbarians of the Mongol Annals. (Yuen-shi lei-pien, quoted by Deveria, p. 115.)—­H.C.]

NOTE 2.—­Magaillans, speaking of the semi-independent tribes of Kwei-chau and Kwang-si, says:  “Their towns are usually so girt by high mountains and scarped rocks that it seems as if nature had taken a pleasure in fortifying them” (p. 43). (See cut at p. 131.)

[1] On the other hand, M. Garnier writes:  “I do not know any name at all
    like Kolo, except Lolo, the generic name given by the
    Chinese to the wild tribes of Yun-nan.”  Does not this look as if
    Kolo were really the old name, Luluh or Lolo the later?

CHAPTER LIX.

CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUIJU.

Cuiju is a province towards the East.[NOTE 1] After leaving Coloman you travel along a river for 12 days, meeting with a good number of towns and villages, but nothing worthy of particular mention.  After you have travelled those twelve days along the river you come to a great and noble city which is called FUNGUL.