You see at the Court of the Great Kaan there was a great number of gleemen and jugglers; and he said to them one day that he wanted them to go and conquer the aforesaid province of Mien, and that he would give them a good Captain to lead them and other good aid. And they replied that they would be delighted. So the Emperor caused them to be fitted out with all that an army requires, and gave them a Captain and a body of men-at-arms to help them; and so they set out, and marched until they came to the country and province of Mien. And they did conquer the whole of it! And when they found in the city the two towers of gold and silver of which I have been telling you, they were greatly astonished, and sent word thereof to the Great Kaan, asking what he would have them do with the two towers, seeing what a great quantity of wealth there was upon them. And the Great Kaan, being well aware that the King had caused these towers to be made for the good of his soul, and to preserve his memory after his death, said that he would not have them injured, but would have them left precisely as they were. And that was no wonder either, for you must know that no Tartar in the world will ever, if he can help it, lay hand on anything appertaining to the dead.{2} [Illustration: THE CITY OF MIEN WITH THE GOLD AND SILVER TOWERS] They have in this province numbers of elephants and wild oxen;{3} also beautiful stags and deer and roe, and other kinds of large game in plenty. Now having told you about the province of Mien, I will tell you about another province which is called Bangala, as you shall hear presently. NOTE 1.—The name of the city appears as _Amien_ both in Pauthier’s text here, and in the G. Text in the preceding chapter. In the Bern MS. it is _Aamien_. Perhaps some form like _Amien_ was that used by the Mongols and Persians. I fancy it may be traced in the _Arman_ or _Uman_ of Rashiduddin, probably corrupt readings (in _Elliot_ I. 72).