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MARCO POLO.   VOL. II. BK. II.

gave in his submission to the Kitans." (E. H. PARKER, As.

Quart. Rev., January, 1904, p. 140.)

LXV., p. 149.

LIN NGAN.

It is interesting to note that the spoils of Lin Ngan carried

to Khan Balig were the beginning of the Imperial Library,

increased by the documents of the Yuen, the Ming, and finally

the Ts'ing ; it is noteworthy that during the rebellion of Li Tze-

ch'eng, the library was spared, though part of the palace was

burnt. See N. PERI, Bul. Ecole franf. Ext. Orient, Jan.—June, I9I1, p. 190.

LXVIII., p. 154 n.

YAN JU.

Regarding Kingsmill's note, Mr. John C. Ferguson writes in

the Journal North China Branch Roy As. Soc., X X X V I I ., 1906,

p. 190 : " It is evident that Ti j u and Yan j u have been correctly

identified as Taichow and Yangchow. I cannot agree with Mr.

Kingsmill, however, in identifying Tinju as Ichin-hien on the

Great River. It is not probable that Polo would mention

Ichin twice, once before reaching Yangchow and once after

describing Yangchow. I am inclined to believe that Tinju is

Hsien-nü-miao 'f(j( i f_1=, a large market-place which has close

connection both with Taichow and Yangchow. It is also an

important place for the collection of the revenue on salt, as Polo

notices. This identification of Tinju with Hsien-nü-miao would

clear up any uncertainty as to Polo's journey, and would make

a natural route for Polo to take from Kao yu to Yangchow if he

wished to see an important place between these two cities."

LXVIII., p. 154.

YANG CHAU.

In a text of the Yuen tien chang, dated 1317, found by Prof.

Pelliot, mention is made of a certain Ngao-la-han [Abraham ?]

still alive at Yang chau, who was, according to the text, the son of

the founder of the " Church of the Cross of the ärkägün ( Ye-li-

k'o-wen she-tze-sze), one of the three Nestorian churches of Yang-

chau mentioned by Odoric and omitted by Marco Polo. Cf.

Cathay, I I., p. 210, and PELLIOT, T'oung Pao, 1914, p. 638.