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I,* KAMBOJA. 53
with hands crossed on their breasts, in a circle round the king, and discuss
the affairs of state. When they have finished, they make another prostration
and retire.
In the south-west corner (of the capital) there is a bronze tower (^),
5 on which are twenty-four bronze pagodas guarded by eight bronze elephants,
each weighing four thousand catties ®, vj
There are some two hundred thousand war elephants and many horses,
though of small size.
(The people) are devout Buddhists., Ther^ are, serving (in ihp. templp.s)
10 some three hundred foreign women: they dance and offer food to the Buddha.
They are called a-nan (^pf ^) or slave dancing-girls ' (^ ^ [read ^]).
As to their customs, lewdness is not considered criminal; theft is punished
by cutting off a hand and a foot and by branding on the chest.
«The incantations of the Buddhist and Tauist priests (of this country)
15 have magical powers. Among the former those who wear yellow robes may
marry, while those who dress in red lead ascetic lives in temples. The Tauists
clothe themselves with leaves»^; they have a deity (|^) called P'o-to-li (^
0, T^lj) which they worship with great devotion. _
(The people of this country) hold the right hand to be clean, the left
20 unclean, so when they wish to mix their rice with any kind of meat broth,
they use the right hand to do so and also to eat with.
The soil is rich and loamy; the fields have no bounds. Each one takes
as much as he can cultivate. Rice and cereals are cheap; for every tael of
lead one can buy two bushels of rice.
25 The native products comprise elephants' tusks, the cJian and su (varie-
ties of gharu-wood), fine and coarse sJiou (gharu-wood) (^^ # H ^ ^),
yellow wax, kingfisher's feathers (Note: Of which this country has great
store), dammar resin and gourd dammar, foreign oils, ginger peel (^ ^),
«gold coloured incense» {Mn-yen-himg), sapan-wood, raw silk and cotton
30 fabrics (|f< ^)^ .
The foreign traders offer in exchange for these gold, silver, porcelain-
ware, satinets, kittysols, skin (covered) drums, samshu, sugar, preserves and
vinegar.
The following foreign (^)
35 of this kingdom
:
(countries or localities) are all dependencies
Tong-liu-meii {^ ^^ ^an-lo M) (H i|^)
Po-ssi-lan ^ Chon-li-fu
(j)^ ff M) {& M W
Lo-hu (P ^i|-) Ma-lo-won (ffi ^ f^)
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