ABSTRACT
IN the immediate interior of this Kingdom of Berma there is another Kingdom, also of the Heathen, which possesses no port on the sea bounded on one side by Bengal and on the other by the country of Daba (i.e., of Ava) which they call Aracangil.1 The King thereof is a Heathen also, and a great Lord.2 They say that he possesses towns and cities in great numbers, he has also many horses, and elephants to boot, which come from the Kingdom of Peeguu. His folk are tawny and go bare, save that from the waist down they are girt with raiment of cotton.1 They are given to the use of bows2 of gold and precious stones. They worship Idols and have great houses of prayer. The King is ofttimes at war with the Kings his neighbours, of whom some do him obeisance and some pay him tribute.
