of the Palace. 5. The Gates. 6. Various Readings. 7. Barracks. 8. Wide diffusion of the kind of Palace here described. 9. Parallel description. 10. "Divine" Park. 11. Modern account of the Lake,
etc. 12. "Roze de l'acur." 13. The Green Mount. 14. Textual. 15. Bridge. XI.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC NOTES.--1. Chronology, etc., of Peking. 2. The City Wall. 3. Changes in the Extent of the City. 4. Its ground plan. 5. Aspect. 6. Public Towers. 7. Addition from Ramusio. XII.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN MAINTAINS A GUARD OF TWELVE THOUSAND HORSE, WHICH ARE CALLED KESHICAN NOTE.--The term Quescican. XIII.--THE FASHION OF THE GREAT KAAN'S TABLE AT HIS HIGH FEASTS NOTES.--1. Order of the Tables. 2. The word Vernique. 3. The Buffet of Liquors. 4. The superstition of the Threshold. 5. Chinese Etiquettes. 6. Jugglers at the Banquet. XIV.--CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY NOTES.--1. The Chinese Year. 2. "Beaten Gold." 3. Textual. Festal changes of costume. 4. Festivals. XV.--OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY NOTES.--1. The White Month. 2. Mystic value of the number 9. 3. Elephants at Peking. 4. Adoration of Tablets. K'o-tow. XVI.--CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS WHO RECEIVE ROBES OF CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS, THIRTEEN CHANGES A-PIECE NOTES.--1. Textual. 2. The words Camut and Borgal. 3. Tame Lions. XVII.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME NOTE.--Parallel Passage. XVIII.--OF THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND WOLVES THAT THE KAAN KEEPS FOR THE CHASE NOTES.--1. The Cheeta or Hunting Leopard. 2. Lynxes. 3. The Tiger, termed Lion by Polo. 4. The Burgut Eagle. 51 XIX.--CONCERNING THE TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE CHARGE OF THE KAAN'S HOUNDS NOTE.--The Masters of the Hounds, and their title. XX.--HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION NOTES.--1. Direction of the Tour. 2. Hawking Establishments. 3. The word Toskaul. 4. The word Bularguchi. 5. Kublai's Litter. 6. Kachar Modun. 7. The Kaan's Great Tents. 8. The Sable and Ermine. 9. Petis de la Croix. XXI.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN, ON RETURNING FROM HIS HUNTING EXPEDITION, HOLDS A GREAT COURT AND ENTERTAINMENT NOTE.--This chapter peculiar to the 2nd Type of MSS. XXII.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC, AND ITS GREAT TRAFFIC AND POPULATION NOTES.--1. Suburbs of Peking. 2. The word Fondaco. XXIII.--[CONCERNING THE OPPRESSIONS OF ACHMATH THE BAILO, AND THE PLOT THAT WAS FORMED AGAINST HIM] NOTES.--1. Chapter peculiar to Ramusio. 2. Kublai's Administration. The Rise of Ahmad. 3. The term Bailo. 4. The Conspiracy against Ahmad as related by Gaubil from the Chinese. 5. Marco's presence and upright conduct commemorated in the Chinese Annals. The Kaan's prejudice against Mahomedans. XXIV.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSETH THE BARK OF TREES, MADE INTO SOMETHING LIKE PAPER, TO PASS FOR MONEY OVER ALL HIS COUNTRY NOTE.--Chinese Paper Currency. XXV.--CONCERNING THE TWELVE BARONS WHO ARE SET OVER ALL THE AFFAIRS OF THE GREAT KAAN NOTE.--The Ministers of the Mongol Dynasty. The term Sing. XXVI.--HOW THE KAAN'S POSTS AND RUNNERS ARE SPED THROUGH MANY LANDS AND PROVINCES NOTES.--1. Textual. 2. The word Yam. 3. Government Hostelries. 4. Digression from Ramusio. 5. Posts Extraordinary. 6. Discipline of the Posts. 7. Antiquity of Posts in China,
etc. XXVII.--HOW THE EMPEROR BESTOWS HELP ON HIS PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE AFFLICTED WITH DEARTH OR MURRAIN NOTE.--Kublai's remissions, and justice. XXVIII.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES TREES TO BE PLANTED BY THE HIGHWAYS NOTE.--Kublai's Avenues. XXIX.--CONCERNING THE RICE-WINE DRUNK BY THE PEOPLE OF CATHAY NOTE.--Rice-wine. XXX.--CONCERNING THE BLACK STONES THAT ARE DUG IN CATHAY, AND ARE BURNT FOR FUEL NOTE.--Distribution and Consumption of Coal in China. XXXI.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES STORES OF CORN TO BE MADE, TO HELP HIS PEOPLE WITHAL IN 52 TIME OF DEARTH NOTE.--The Chinese Public Granaries. XXXII.--OF THE CHARITY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE POOR. NOTE.--Buddhist influence, and Chinese Charities. XXXIII.--[CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE CITY OF CAMBALUC] NOTES.--1. The word Tacuin.--The Chinese Almanacs. The Observatory. 2. The Chinese and Mongol Cycle. XXXIV.--[CONCERNING THE RELIGION OF THE CATHAYANS; THEIR VIEWS AS TO THE SOUL; AND THEIR CUSTOMS] NOTES.--1. Textual. 2. Do. 3. Exceptions to the general charge of Irreligion brought against the Chinese. 4. Politeness. 5. Filial Piety. 6. Pocket Spitoons. EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I. INSERTED PLATES AND MAPS. Portrait of Sir HENRY YULE. From the Painting by Mr. T. B. Wirgman, in the Royal Engineers' Mess House at Chatham. Illuminated Title, with Medallion representing the POLOS ARRIVING AT VENICE after 26 years' absence, and being refused admittance to the Family Mansion; as related by Ramusio, p. 4 of Introductory Essay. Drawn by Signor QUINTO CENNI, No. 7 Via Solferino, Milan; from a Design by the Editor. DOORWAY of the HOUSE of MARCO POLO in the Corte Sabbionera at Venice. Woodcut from a drawing by Signor L. ROSSO, Venice. Corte del Milione, Venice. Malibran Theatre, Venice. Entrance to the Corte del Milione, Venice. From photographs taken for the present editor, by Signor NAYA. Figures from St. Sabba's, sent to Venice. From a photograph of Signor NAYA. Church of SAN MATTEO, at Genoa. Palazzo di S. Giorgio, at Genoa. Miracle of S. Lorenzo. From the Painting by V. CARPACCIO. Facsimile of the WILL of MARCO POLO, preserved in St. Mark's Library. Lithographed from a photograph specially taken by Bertani at Venice. Pavement in front of S. Lorenzo. Mosaic Portrait of Marco Polo, at Genoa. The Pseudo Marco Polo at Canton. Porcelain Incense-Burner, from the Louvre. Temple of 500 Genii, at Canton, after a drawing by FELIX REGAMEY. Probable view of MARCO POLO'S OWN GEOGRAPHY: a Map of the World, formed as far as possible from the Traveller's own 53 data. Drawn by the Editor. Part of the Catalan Map of 1375. Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. 1. WESTERN ASIA. This includes also "Sketch showing the chief Monarchies of Asia, in the latter part of the 13th century." Map illustrating the geographical position of the CITY of SARAI. Plan of part of the remains of the same city. Reduced from a Russian plan published by M. Grigorieff. Reduced FACSIMILE of the BUDDHIST INSCRIPTION of the Mongol Era, on the Archway at KIU-YONG KWAN in the Pass of Nan-k'au, north-west of Peking, showing the characters in use under the Mongol Dynasty. Photogravure from the Recueil des documents de l'Epoque Mongole, by H.H. Prince ROLAND BONAPARTE. See an Article by Mr. Wylie in the J. R. A. S. for 1870, p. 14. Plan of AYAS, the Laias of Polo. From an Admiralty Chart. Plan of position of DILAWAR, the supposed site of the Dilavar of Polo. Ext. from a Survey by Lt.-Col. D. G. Robinson, R.E. Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. II. Routes between KERMAN and HORMUZ. Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. III. Regions on and near the UPPER OXUS. Heading, in the old Chinese seal-character, of an INSCRIPTION on a Memorial raised by Kublai Kaan to a Buddhist Ecclesiastic, in the vicinity of his summer-palace at SHANGTU in Mongolia. Reduced from a facsimile obtained on the spot by Dr. S. W. Bushell, 1872, and by him lent to the Editor. The CHO-KHANG. The grand Temple of Buddha at Lhasa, from The Journey to Lhasa, by SARAT CHANDRA DAS, by kind permission of the Royal Geographical Society. "Table d'Or de Commandement;" the PAIZA of the MONGOLS, from a specimen found in Siberia. Reduced to one-half the scale of the original, from an engraving in a paper by I. J. Schmidt in the Bulletin de la Classe Historico-Philologique de l'Acad. Imp. des Sciences, St. Petersbourg, tom. iv. No. 9. Second Example of a Mongol Paiza with superscription in the Uighur character, found near the Dnieper River, 1845. From Trans. of the Oriental Section, Imp. Soc. of Archaeology of St. Petersburg, vol. v. The Inscription on this runs: "By the strength of Eternal Heaven, and thanks to Its Great Power, the Man who obeys not the order of Abdullah shall be guilty, shall die." Plan of PEKING as it is, and as it was about A.D. 1290. BANKNOTE of the MING Dynasty, on one-half the scale of the original. Reduced from a genuine note in the possession of the British Museum. Was brought back from Peking after the siege of the Legations in 1900. Mongol "Compendium Instrument." Mongol Armillary Sphere. Observatory Terrace. Observatory Instruments of the Jesuits. All these from photographs kindly lent to the present Editor by Count de Semalle. Marco Polo's Itineraries. No. IV. EASTERN ASIA. This includes also Sketch Map of the Ruins of SHANGTU, after Dr. BUSHELL; and Enlarged Sketch of the Passage of the Hwang-ho or Karamoran on the road to Si-ngan fu (see vol. ii. pp. 25-27) from the data of Baron von Richthofen. WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT. INTRODUCTORY NOTICES. 54 A MEDIAEVAL SHIP. COAT OF ARMS of SIR HENRY YULE. ARMS of the POLO family, according to Priuli. ARMS of the POLO family, according to Marco Barbaro. (See p. 7, note.) Autograph of HETHUM or HAYTON I. King of (Cicilian) Armenia; copied from Codice Diplomatico del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolemitano, I. 135. The signature is attached to a French document without date, granting the King's Daughter "Damoiselle Femie" (Euphemia) in marriage to Sire Julian, son of the Lady of Sayete (Sidon). The words run: Thagavor Haiwetz ("Rex Armeno-rum"), followed by the King's cypher or monogram; but the initial letter is absent, probably worn off the original document. The PIAZZETTA at VENICE in the 14th century. From a portion of the Frontispiece Miniature of the MS. of Marco Polo in the Bodleian. (Borrowed from the National Miscellany, published by J. H. Parker, Oxford, for 1853-55; and see Street's Brick and Marble, etc., 1855, pp. 150-151.) [See vol. ii. p. 529.] Three extracts from MAPS of VENICE, showing the site
