It has a cow's tail and a deer's body. This
animal is called K'i lin; it eats grain of any kind." (Ibid.) Cf.
FERRAND, J. Asiatique, July-Aug., 1918, pp. 155-158.
XXXVI., p. 439.
At the time of Chau Ju-kwa, Aden was perhaps the most important port of
Arabia for the African and Arabian trade with India and the countries
beyond. It seems highly probable that the Ma-li-pa of the Chinese must be
understood as including Aden, of which they make no mention whatsoever,
but which was one of "the great commercial centres of the Arabs." HIRTH
and ROCKHILL, p. 25 n.
XXXVI., pp. 442 seq.
THE CITY OF ESHER.
Shehr, a port on the Hadramaut coast, is mentioned by Chau Ju-kwa under
the name of Shi ho among the dependencies of the country of the Ta-shi
(Arabs.). (HIRTH and ROCKHILL, p. 116.)
XXXVIII., pp. 444-445.
DUFAR.
We read in the Ying yai sheng lan: "This country [Tsu fa erh] is between
the sea and the mountains. To the east and south is nothing but the sea.
To the north and west are ranges of mountains. One reaches it from the
kingdom of Ku-li (Calicut) journeying north-westward for ten days and
nights. It has no walled towns or villages. The people all follow the
religion of the Moslims.
