That these characters have been engraved by some Chinese in imitation of
inscriptions on stone of those countries; up to the present time, they
have not been destroyed." Hien chw'en is the nien hao of Tu Tsung, one
of the last emperors of the Southern Sung Dynasty, not of a Mongol
Sovereign. I owe this information to Prof. Pelliot, who adds that the
comparison between the Chinese Pagoda of Negapatam and the text of the
Tao yi chi lio has been made independent of him by Mr. Fujita in the
Tokyo-gakuho, November, 1913, pp. 445-46. (Cathay, I., p. 81 n.)
XVII., p. 340. "Here [Maabar] are no horses bred; and thus a great part of
the wealth of the country is wasted in purchasing horses; I will tell you
how. You must know that the merchants of Kis and Hormes, Dofar and Soer
and Aden collect great numbers of destriers and other horses, and these
they bring to the territories of this King and of his four brothers, who
are kings likewise as I told you..."
Speaking of Yung (or Woeng) man, Chau Ju-kwa tells us (p. 133): "In the
mountains horse-raising is carried on a large scale. The other countries
which trade here purchase horses, pearls and dates which they get in
exchange for cloves, cardamom seeds and camphor."
XVII., p. 341.
