The Syncretism of Animism and Buddhism in Burma, and to the North.
western University and Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois, for
allowing me to consult this MS.

Correspondents who have been kind enough to answer my questions on
specific issues include the late Professor J. A. Stewart of the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Dr William Stede,
co-editor of the Pali English Dictionary; U Lu Pe Win, Mandalay, Super-
intendent, Archaeological Survey, Burma; Dr A. D. Sagayam, Maymyo,
Upper Burma; and the Rev. H. Harwood, American Methodist Mission,
Rangoon, Burma.

For the co-operation and very valuable help given me by my wife I can
never be too grateful, and in the final preparation of this work for the
Press I am greatly indebted to Professor J. Duchesne-Guillemin of Liége
University and to my colleague at McGill, Professor Wilfred Cantwell
Smith.

To the Humanities Research Council of Canada and to the McGill
University Research Fund Committee I am most grateful for financial
grants which have made this publication possible.

McGill University ROBERT LAWSON SLATER
Montreal
May 24, 1950.

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