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0315 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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thrown overboard by the Chinese sailors; and he gave it up. (De Mailla, IX. 409;
418, 428; Gaubil, 195; Deguignes, III. 177.)

The Abacan of Polo is probably the Asikan of the Japanese, whom Gaubil calls
Argun. Vonsainchin is perhaps Fan Wen-hu with the Chinese title of Tsiang-Kiun
or General (elsewhere represented in Polo by Sangon),—Fan Tsiang-kiun.

We see that, as usual, whilst Marco's account in some of the main features
concurs with that of the histories, he gives a good many additional particulars, some