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BOOK THIRD.

JAPAN, THE ARCHIPELAGO, SOUTHERN INDIA, AND
THE COASTS AND ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN SEA.

II., p. 256, n. 1.

NÁFÚN.

Regarding the similitude between Nipon and Nafún, Ferrand,
Textes, I., p. 115 n., remarks : "Ce rapprochement n'a aucune
chance d'être exact ناڤون Nafûn est certainement une erreur de
graphie pour ياقوت Yâkût ou ناقوس Nâkûs."

III., p. 261.

JAPANESE WAR.

"Hung Ts'a-k'iu, who set out overland viâ Corea and
Tsushima in 1281, is much more likely than Fan Wên-hu to be
Von-sain-chin (probably a misprint for chiu), for the same reason
Vo-cim stands for Yung-ch'ang, and sa for sha, ch'a, ts'a, etc.
A-la-han (not A-ts'r-han) fell sick at the start, and was replaced
by A-ta-hai. To copy Abacan for Alahan would be a most
natural error, and I see from the notes that M. Schlegel has come
to the same conclusion independently." (E. H. PARKER, Asiatic
Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904, p. 147.)

V., pp. 270, 271 n.

CHAMBA.

Lieut.-General Sagatu, So Tu or So To, sent in 1278 an
envoy to the King known as Indravarman VI. or Jaya
Sinhavarman. Maspero (Champa, pp. 237, 254) gives the date
of 1282 for the war against Champa with Sagatu appointed at
the head of the Chinese Army on the 16th July, 1282 ; the war
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