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72 LAMBKI. ISLAND OF CEYLON. 1,13
Notes.
1) Kampei or Kampe of the Javanese histories, the modern Kampar on the E. coast of
Sumatra. Kamp6 is mentioned in the fifteenth century as a dependency of the Majapahit empire.
Pelliot, B. E. F. E. 0. IV, 344. Takakusu, Record, etc. XLIII, quoting the Sung-shi, 489,
read the name wrongly I.an-pi, and identified it with Djamhi. The identification with Kampar 5
does not admit of doubt. Marsden (op. cit. 288) appears to place Kampar W. of San-fo-t'si and
E. of the Eakan river. Ch6u K'il-fei, 2,13 says «The kingdom of Kien-pi comes every year to
trade in this country (of Ku-lin) elephants and cattle, and the Ta-shi (Arabs) deal in horses.
Formerly they used to come to this kingdom to sell goods». This, and the indications furnished by
our author, would lead us to extend Kien-pi to near the N. W. extremity of Sumatra. On the 10
other hand the existence of tin in Kien-pi points to the E. part of the island; Cr awfurd (History,
etc., Ill, 450) says that in geographical distribution tin is confined to the island of Banca, the
Malay Peninsula, and the islets on the coasts, with Junk Ceylon.
2) Probably the people made notches on the backs of their swords or on the scabbards of
the number of persons they had killed, or the number of heads they- had taken.
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LAMBRI. ISLAND OF CEYLON.
Lan-wu-li (M M M)- Si-Ian (^ffl ||)-
The products of the kingdom of Lan-wu-li ^ are sapan-wood, elephants'
tusks and white rattan. 20
The people are warlike and often use poisoned arrows.
With a north wind one comes within twenty odd days to the kingdom
of Si-lan^, which is under the rule of Nan-p'i* (^ Hlj;). Sailing from Lan-
wu-li, one knows that one is nearing Si-lan by continual flashing of lightning *.
The king (of Si-lan) is black, his hair unkempt and his head uncovered. 25
He wears no clothes but has a cotton cloth of different colours wrapped around
him; on his feet he wears sandals of red leather, tied with golden strings.
When he goes forth he rides an elephant or is carried in a litter (^ ^).
All day he chews a paste of betel nut and pearl ashes.
His palace is ornamented with cat's-eyes, blue and red precious stones, so
cornelians and other jewels; the very floor he walks upon is so ornamented.
There is an eastern and western palace, and at each there is a golden tree,
the trunk and branches all of gold, the flowers, frdt and leaves of cat's-eyes,
blue and red precious stones and such like jewels. At the foot of these trees
are golden thrones with opaque glass (3^ J^) screens. When the king holds 35
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