Notes.—­1.  Explanation from Ramusio. 2.  Pearls of Inland Waters. 3.  Lax
  manners. 4.  Exchange of Salt for Gold. 5.  Salt currency. 6.  Spiced Wine.
  7.  Plant like the Clove, spoken of by Polo.  Tribes of this Tract.

XLVIII.—­CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CARAJAN

  Notes.—­1.  Geography of the Route between Sindafu or Ch’eng-tu fu, and
  Carajan or Yun-nan. 2.  Christians and Mahomedans in Yun-nan. 3.  Wheat.
  4.  Cowries. 5.  Brine-spring. 6.  Parallel.

XLIX.—­CONCERNING A FURTHER PART OF THE PROVINCE OF CARAJAN

  Notes.—­1.  City of Talifu. 2.  Gold. 3.  Crocodiles. 4.  Yun-nan horses
  and riders.  Arms of the Aboriginal Tribes. 5.  Strange superstition and
  parallels.

L.—­CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ZARDANDAN

Notes.—­1.  Carajan and Zardandan. 2.  The Gold-Teeth. 3.  Male Indolence. 4.  The Couvade. (See App.  L. 8.) 5.  Abundance of Gold.  Relation of Gold to Silver. 6.  Worship of the Ancestor. 7.  Unhealthiness of the climate. 8.  Tallies. 9.-12.  Medicine-men or Devil-dancers; extraordinary identity of practice in various regions.

Li.—­Wherein is related how the king of mien and Bangala vowed vengeance against the great kaan

  Notes.—­1.  Chronology. 2.  Mien or Burma.  Why the King may have been
  called King of Bengal also. 3.  Numbers alleged to have been carried on
  elephants.

LII.—­Of the battle that was fought by the great Kaan’s host and his seneschal against the king of mien

  Notes.—­1.  Nasruddin. 2.  Cyrus’s Camels. 3.  Chinese Account of the
  Action.  General Correspondence of the Chinese and Burmese Chronologies.

LIII.—­OF THE GREAT DESCENT THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF MIEN

  Notes.—­1.  Market-days. 2.  Geographical difficulties.

Liv.—­Concerning the city of mien, and the two towers that are therein, one of gold, and the other of silver

  Notes.—­1.  Amien. 2.  Chinese Account of the Invasion of Burma.  Comparison
  with Burmese Annals.  The City intended.  The Pagodas. 3.  Wild Oxen.

LV.—­CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF BANGALA

  Notes.—­1.  Polo’s view of Bengal; and details of his account illustrated.
  2.  Great Cattle.

LVI.—­DISCOURSES OF THE PROVINCE OF CAUGIGU

  Note.—­A Part of Laos.  Papesifu.  Chinese Geographical Etymologies.