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88   MARCO POLO.   VOL. II. BK, H.

Delta. In 1285 parleys for the establishment of a Chinese

Protectorship were begun ; but in the following year, King

Narasīhapati was poisoned at Promé by his own son Sihasūra.

In 1287, a fourth Chinese expedition, with Prince Ye-sin Timur

at its head, reached at last Pagan, having suffered considerable

losses. . . . A fifth and last Chinese expedition took place

during the autumn of 1300 when the Chinese army went down

the Irawadi Valley and besieged Myin-Saing during the winter

of 1300-1301. The Mongol officers of the staff having been

bribed the siege was raised." (Bul. Ecole Extréme-Orient, Oct.-

Dec., 1909, pp. 679-680 ; cf. also p. 651 n.)

Huber, p. 666 n., places the battle-field of Vochan in the

Nam Ti Valley ; the Burmese never reached the plain of Yung

Ch'ang.

LII., p. io6 n.

BURMA.

We shall resume from Chinese sources the history of the

relations between Burma and China :

1271. Embassy of Kúblái to Mien asking for allegiance.

1273. New embassy of Kúblái.

1275. Information supplied by A-kuo, chief of Zardandan.

1277. First Chinese Expedition against Mien Battle of

Nga-Çaung-khyam won by Hu Tu.

1277. Second Chinese Expedition led by Naçr ed-Din.

1283. Third Chinese Expedition led by Prince Singtaur.

1287. Fourth Chinese Expedition led by Yisun Timur ;

capture of Pagan.

1300-1301. Fifth Chinese Expedition ; siege of Myin-saing.

Cf. E. HUBER, Bul. Ecole frćnç. Ext. Orient, Oct.-Dec.,

1909, pp. 633-680. VISDELOU, Rev. Ext. Orient, II., pp. 72-88.

LIII.--LIV., pp. o6--1 o8.   After leaving the Province of which I

have been speaking [Yung ch'ang] you come to a great Descent. In fact

you ride for two days and a half continually down hill. . . . After you

have ridden those two days and a half down hill, you find yourself in a

province towards the south which is pretty near India, and this province

is called AMIEN. You travel therein for fifteen days. . . . And when

you have travelled those 15 days . . . you arrive at the capital city of

this Province of Mien, and it also is called AMTEN. . . ."