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.  Chagan-nor. 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.

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