THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE NOTE.--The Mountain Miracle. XI.--OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS NOTES.--1. Tabriz. 2. Cremesor. 3. Traffic at Tabriz. 4. The Torizi. 5. Character of City and People. XII.--OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT BARSAMO ON THE BORDERS OF TAURIS NOTE.--The Monastery of Barsauma. XIII.--OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS NOTES.--1. Kala' Atishparastan. 2. The Three Kings. XIV.--HOW THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY NOTES.--1. The three mystic Gifts. 2. The Worshipped Fire. 3. Savah and Avah. The Legend in Mas'udi. Embellishments of the Story of the Magi. XV.--OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED 46 NOTES.--1. The Eight Kingdoms. 2. Export of Horses, and Prices. 3. Persian Brigands. 4. Persian wine. XVI.--CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF YASDI NOTES.--1. Yezd. 2. Yezd to Kerman. The Woods spoken of. XVII.--CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KERMAN NOTES.--1. City and Province of Kerman. 2. Turquoises. 3. Ondanique or Indian Steel. 4. Manufactures of Kerman. 5. Falcons. XVIII.--OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS NOTES.--1. Products of the warmer plains. 2. Humped oxen and fat-tailed sheep. 3. Scarani. 4. The Karaunahs and Nigudarian Bands. 5. Canosalmi. XIX.--OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS NOTES.--1. Site of Old Hormuz and Geography of the route from Kerman to Hormuz. 2. Dates and Fish Diet. 3. Stitched Vessels. "One rudder," why noticed as peculiar. 4. Great heat at Hormuz. 5. The Simum. 6. History of Hormuz, and Polo's Ruomedan Acomat. 7. Second Route between Hormuz and Kerman. XX.--OF THE WEARISOME AND DESERT ROAD THAT HAS NOW TO BE TRAVELLED NOTES.--1. Kerman to Kubenan. 2. Desert of Lut. 3. Subterraneous Canals. XXI.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF COBINAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE NOTES.--1. Kuh-Banan. 2. Production of Tutia. XXII.--OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS' JOURNEY NOTES.--1. Deserts of Khorasan. 2. The Arbre Sol or Arbre Sec. XXIII.--CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN NOTE.--The Assassins, Hashishin, or Mulahidah. XXIV.--HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS NOTES.--1. The story widely spread. Notable murders by the Sectaries. 2. Their different branches. XXV.--HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END NOTE.--History of the apparent Destruction of the Sect by Hulaku; its survival to the present time. Castles of Alamut and Girdkuh. XXVI.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN NOTE.--Shibrgan, and the route followed. Dried Melons. XXVII.--OF THE CITY OF BALC NOTES.--1. Balkh. 2. Country meant by Dogana. 3. Lions in the Oxus Valley. XXVIII.--OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT. ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF CASEM NOTES.--1. Talikan. 2. Mines of Rock-salt. 3. Ethnological characteristics. 4. Kishm. 5. Porcupines. 6. Cave dwellings. 7. Old and 47 New Capitals of Badakhshan. XXIX.--OF THE PROVINCE OF BADASHAN NOTES.--1. Dialects of Badakhshan. Alexandrian lineage of the Princes. 2. Badakhshan and the Balas Ruby. 3. Azure Mines. 4. Horses of Badakhshan. 5. Naked Barley. 6. Wild sheep. 7. Scenery of Badakhshan. 8. Repeated devastation of the Country from War. 9. Amplitude of feminine garments. XXX.--OF THE PROVINCE OF PASHAI NOTE.--On the country intended by this name. XXXI.--OF THE PROVINCE OF KESHIMUR NOTES.--1. Kashmir language. 2. Kashmir Conjurers. (See App. L. 2.) 3. Importance of Kashmir in History of Buddhism. 4. Char- acter of the People. 5. Vicissitudes of Buddhism in Kashmir. 6. Buddhist practice as to slaughter of animals. 7. Coral. XXXII.--OF THE GREAT RIVER OF BADASHAN; AND PLAIN OF PAMIER NOTES.--1. The Upper Oxus and Wakhan. The title Nono, (See App. L. 3.) 2. The Plateau of Pamir. (See App. L. 4 and 5.) The Great Wild Sheep. Fire at great altitudes. 3. Bolor. XXXIII.--OF THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR NOTE.--Kashgar. XXXIV.--OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN NOTES.--1. Christians in Samarkand. 2. Chagatai's relation to Kublai misstated. 3. The Miracle of the Stone. XXXV.--OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN NOTE.--Yarkand. Goitre prevalent there. XXXVI.--OF A PROVINCE CALLED COTAN NOTES.--1. Government. 2. "Adoration of Mahommet." 3. Khotan. XXXVII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF PEIN NOTES.--1. Position of Pein (App. L. 6.) 2. The Yu or Jade. 3. Temporary marriages. XXXVIII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF CHARCHAN NOTE.--Position of Charchan and Lop. XXXIX.--OF THE CITY OF LOP, AND THE GREAT DESERT NOTES.--1. Geographical discrepancy. 2. Superstitions as to Deserts: their wide diffusion. The Sound of Drums on certain sandy acclivities. 3. Shachau to Lob-nor. XL.--CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT NOTES.--1. Tangut. 2. Buddhism encountered here. 3. Kalmak superstition, the "Heaven's Ram." 4. Chinese customs described here. 5. Mongol disposal of the Dead. 6. Superstitious practice of avoiding to carry out the dead by the house-door; its wide diffusion. XLI.--OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL 48 NOTES.--1. Kamul. 2. Character of the people. 3. Shameless custom. 4. Parallel. XLII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS NOTES.--1. The Country intended. 2. Ondanique. 3. Asbestos Mountain. 4. The four elements. 5 and 6. The Story of the Salamander. Asbestos fabrics. XLIII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR NOTES.--1. Explanatory. 2. The City of Suhchau. 3. Rhubarb country. 4. Poisonous pasture. XLIV.--OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU NOTES.--1. The City of Kanchau. 2. Recumbent Buddhas. 3. Buddhist Days of Special Worship. 4. Matrimonial Customs. 5. Textual. XLV.--OF THE CITY OF ETZINA NOTES.--1. Position of Yetsina. 2. Textual. 3. The Wild Ass of Mongolia. XLVI.--OF THE CITY OF CARACORON NOTES.--1. Karakorum. 2. Tartar. 3. Chorcha. 4. Prester John. XLVII.--OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS NOTES.--1. Chronology. 2. Relations between Chinghiz and Aung Khan, the Prester John of Polo. XLVIII.--HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN XLIX.--HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS NOTES.--1. Plain of Tanduc. 2. Divination by Twigs and Arrows. L.--THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN. DEATH OF CHINGHIS NOTE.--Real circumstances and date of the Death of Chinghiz. LI.--OF THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER CHINGHIS KAAN, AND OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS NOTES.--1. Origin of the Cambuscan of Chaucer. 2. Historical Errors. 3. The Place of Sepulture of Chinghiz. 4. Barbarous Funeral Superstition. LII.--CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS NOTES.--1. Tartar Huts. 2. Tartar Waggons. 3. Pharaoh's Rat. 4. Chastity of the Women. 5. Polygamy and Marriage Customs. LIII.--CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS NOTES.--1. The old Tartar idols. 2. Kumiz. LIV.--CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR NOTES.--1. Tartar Arms. 2. The Decimal Division of their Troops. 3. Textual. 4. Blood-drinking. 5. Kurut, or Tartar Curd. 6. The Mongol military rapidity and terrorism. 7. Corruption of their Nomade simplicity. LV.--CONCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TARTARS 49 NOTES.--1. The Cudgel. 2. Punishment of Theft. 3. Marriage of the Dead. 4. Textual. LVI.--SUNDRY PARTICULARS ON THE PLAIN BEYOND CARACORON NOTES.--1. Textual. 2. Bargu, the Mecrit, the Reindeer, and Chase of Waterfowl. 3. The bird Barguerlac, the Syrrhaptes. 4. Gerfalcons. LVII.--OF THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL, AND PROVINCE OF SINJU NOTES.--1. Erguiul. 2. Siningfu. 3. The Yak. 4. The Musk Deer. 5. Reeves's Pheasant. LVIII.--OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA NOTES.--1. Egrigaia. 2. Calachan 3. White Camels, and Camlets: Siclatoun. LIX.--CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF PRESTER JOHN NOTES.--1. The name and place Tenduc. King George. 2. Standing Marriage Compact. The title Gurgan. 3. Azure. 4. The terms Argon and Guasmul. The Dungens. 5. The Rampart of Gog and Magog. 6. Tartary cloths. 7. Siuen-hwa fu. LX.--CONCERNING THE KAAN'S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR. NOTES.--1. Palace. 2. The word Sesnes. 3. Chagannor. 4. The five species of Crane described by Polo. 5. The word Cator. LXI.--OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN'S PALACE THERE NOTES.--1. Two Roads. 2. Chandu, properly Shangtu. 3. Leopards. 4. The Bamboo Palace. Uses of the Bamboo. 5. Kublai's Annual Migration to Shangtu. 6. The White Horses. The Oirad Tribe. 7. The Mare's Milk Festival. 8. Weather Conjuring. 9. Ascription of Cannibalism to Tibetans,
etc. 10. The term Bacsi. 11. Magical Feats ascribed to the Lamas. 12. Lamas. 13. Vast extent of Lama Convents. 14. Married Lamas. 15. Bran. 16. Patarins. 17. The Ascetics called Sensin. 18. Textual. 19. Tao-sze Idols. BOOK SECOND. PART I. I.--OF CUBLAY KAAN, THE GREAT KAAN NOW REIGNING, AND OF HIS GREAT PUISSANCE NOTE.--Eulogies of Kublai. II.--CONCERNING THE REVOLT OF NAYAN, WHO WAS UNCLE TO THE GREAT KAAN CUBLAY NOTES.--1. Chronology. 2. Kublai's Age. 3. His Wars. 4. Nayan and his true relationship to Kublai. III.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN MARCHED AGAINST NAYAN NOTE.--Addition from Ramusio. IV.--OF THE BATTLE THAT THE GREAT KAAN FOUGHT WITH NAYAN NOTES.--1. The word Bretesche. 2. Explanatory. 3. The Nakkara. 4. Parallel Passages. 5. Verbal. 6. The Story of Nayan. (See App. L. 7.) V.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSED NAYAN TO BE PUT TO DEATH NOTES.--1. The Shedding of Royal blood avoided. 2. Chorcha, Kaoli, Barskul, Sikintinju. 3. Jews in China. 50 VI.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN WENT BACK TO THE CITY OF CAMBALUC NOTE.--Passage from Ramusio respecting the Kaan's views of Religion. Remarks. VII.--HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS NOTES.--1. Parallel from Sanang Setzen. 2. The Golden Honorary Tablets or Paizah of the Mongols. 3. Umbrellas. 4. The Gerfalcon Tablets. VIII.--CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE GREAT KAAN NOTES.--1. Colour of his Eyes. 2. His Wives. 3. The Kungurat Tribe. Competitive Examination in Beauty. IX.--CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN'S SONS NOTES.--1. Kublai's intended Heir. 2. His other Sons. X.--CONCERNING THE PALACE OF THE GREAT KAAN NOTES.--1. Palace Wall. 2. The word Tarcasci 3. Towers. 4. Arsenals
