ed to be correct. Lieutenant Gamier found cowriesnowhere in use north of Luang Trabang; and among the Kakhyens in WesternYun nan these shells are used only for ornament. [However, Mr. E. H. Parker says{China Review, XXVI. p. 106) that the porcelain money still circulates in the ShanStates, and that… … 76 MARCO POLO Book II. Note 5.—See ch. xlvii. note 4. Martini speaks of a great brine-well to the N.E.of Yaogan (W.N.W. of the city of Yun-nan), which supplied the whole countryround. Note 6.—Two particulars appearing in these latter paragraphs are alluded to byRashiduddin in giving a brief account…
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