[The old Laocian kingdom of _Xieng-maï_ [Kiang-mai], called _Muong-Yong_ by the Pa-y, was inhabited by the _Pa-pe Si-fu_ or Bát-bá T’úc-phu; the inhabitants called themselves Thaï-niai or great Thaï. (_Devéria, Frontière_, p. 100.) Ch. ix. of the Chinese work _Sze-i-kwan-kao_ is devoted to Xieng-maï (_Pa-pe_), which includes the subdivisions of Laos, Xieng Hung [Kiang Hung] and Muong-Ken. (_Devéria, Mél. de Harlez_, p. 97.)—H. C.] CHAPTER LVII. CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ANIN. Anin is a Province towards the east, the people of which are subject to the Great Kaan, and are Idolaters. They live by cattle and tillage, and have a peculiar language. The women wear on the legs and arms bracelets of gold and silver of great value, and the men wear such as are even yet more costly. They have plenty of horses which they sell in great numbers to the Indians, making a great profit thereby. And they have also vast herds of buffaloes and oxen, having excellent pastures for these. They have likewise all the necessaries of life in abundance.{1} Now you must know that between Anin and Caugigu, which we have left behind us, there is a distance of [25] days’ journey;{2} and from Caugigu to Bangala, the third province in our rear, is 30 days’ journey. We shall now leave Anin and proceed to another province which is some 8 days’ journey further, always going eastward. NOTE 1.—Ramusio, the printed text of the Soc. de Géographie, and most editions have _Amu_; Pauthier reads _Aniu_, and considers the name to represent Tungking or Annam, called also _Nan-yué_. The latter word he supposes to be converted into _Anyuë_, _Aniu_. And accordingly he carries the traveller to the capital of Tungking.