Surely Then It Can Scarcely Be Doubted That The Chinese
Authority Is Amply Trustworthy For The First Campaign Also,
Respecting Which The Burmese Book Is Silent; Even Were The Former Not
Corroborated By The Independent Authority Of Marco.
Indeed the mutual correspondence of these Annals, especially as to
chronology, is very remarkable, and is an argument for
Greater respect to
the chronological value of the Burmese Chronicle and other Indo-Chinese
records of like character than we should otherwise be apt to entertain.
Compare the story of the expedition of 1300 as told after the Chinese
Annals by De Mailla, and after the Burmese Chronicle by Burney and Phayre.
(See De Mailla, IX. 476 seqq.; and J.A.S.B. vol. vi. pp. 121-122,
and vol. xxxvii. Pt. I. pp. 102 and 110.)
CHAPTER LIII.
OF THE GREAT DESCENT THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF MIEN.
After leaving the Province of which I have been speaking you come to a
great Descent. In fact you ride for two days and a half continually down
hill. On all this descent there is nothing worthy of mention except only
that there is a large place there where occasionally a great market is
held; for all the people of the country round come thither on fixed days,
three times a week, and hold a market there. They exchange gold for
silver; for they have gold in abundance; and they give one weight of fine
gold for five weights of fine silver; so this induces merchants to come
from various quarters bringing silver which they exchange for gold with
these people; and in this way the merchants make great gain.
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