The typical facial features seen in the Wa of Burma, suggests
a relationship to that of the Poiynesians, and this same characteris-
tic is one that the author has noted time and again among the Lawa,
I-Itin, and Kha Mu. He has a feeling that he is again among the Wa
when visiting these people, and the language has so many sirnilari-
ties that he is tempted to speak the Wa dialect with them, rather
than the Lao-Thai that most of them know so well. These details
are mentioned here in order to support those students who have al-
ready come forth with similar views.)