The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,335 pages of information about The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2.
Horoscopes, in China,
  in Maabar. 
Horse-posts and Post-houses. 
Horses, Turkish,
  Persian;
  of Badakhshan, strain of Bucephalus;
  sacrificed at Kaans’ tombs;
  Tartar;
  and white mares;
  presented to Kaan on New Year’s Day;
  of Carajan;
  their tails docked;
  of Anin;
  tracking by;
  decorated with Yaks’ tails;
  now bred in S. India.
——­ great trade and prices in importing to India from Persia,
  modes of shipment;
  from Carajan;
  from Anin;
  from Kis, Hormuz, Dofar, Soer, and Aden;
  Esher;
  Dofar;
  Calatu.
——­ duty on,
  captured by pirates;
  their extraordinary treatment and diet in India. 
Horse-stealing, Tartar laws. 
Hosie, A.,
  on Ch’eng-tu;
  brine-wells of Pai-yen-ching;
  on the Si-fan;
  on Caindu Lake. 
Hospitals, Buddhist. 
Hostelries, at Cambaluc,
  on the Cathay post-roads;
  at Kinsay. 
Hot springs in Armenia,
  near Hormuz. 
Hounds, Masters of Kaan’s. 
Hours, struck from Cambaluc bell-tower,
  at Kinsay;
  unlucky;
  canonical. 
Hsi Hsia dynasty.
Hsiang-chen, Hsiang, wood. 
Hu-chau fu (Vuju). 
Hui-hui, white and black capped, two Mohammedan sects. 
Hukaji (Hogachi, Cogachin), Kublai’s son. 
Hukwan-hien. 
Hulaku Khan (Alau, Alacan), Kublai’s brother, and founder of Mongol
    dynasty in Persia,
  war with Barka Khan;
  takes Baghdad and puts Khalif to death;
  the Ismailites and the Old Man.
——­ his treachery,
  his descendants;
  battle with Barca;
  his followers. 
Hullukluk, village, near Sivas. 
Human fat, used for combustion in war.
——­ sacrifices. 
Humayun, Emperor. 
Humboldt. 
Hunawar (Onore, Hinaur). 
Hundred Eyes, prophecy of the.
Hundwaniy (ondanique), Indian steel. 
Hungary, Hungarians. 
Hung Hao, Chinese author. 
Hun-ho (Sanghin River). 
Hunting equipment and Expedition, Kublai’s,
  Kang-hi’s.
——­ preserves. (See also Sport.). 
Hutton, Captain. 
Hwa-chau. 
Hwai-lu, or Hwo-lu-h’ien (Khavailu), the Birmingham of N. Shansi. 
Hwai-ngan-fu (Coiganju). 
Hwai River. 
Hwang-ho (Yellow River),
  changes in its courses;
  its embankments. 
Hwan-ho. 
Hyena. 
Hyrcania, king of.

Iabadiu. 
Ibn-al-Furat. 
Ibn Batuta (Moorish traveller, circa A.D. 1330-1350),
  his account of Chinese juggling;
  his account of Khansa (Kinsay);
  of Zayton;
  in Sumatra;
  on Camphor;
  in Ceylon;
  at Kaulam;
  in Malabar;
  sees Rukh;
  his account of Maldives;
  dog-sledges;
  Market in Land of Darkness;
  on Silver Mines of Russia. 
Ibn Fozlan, see Fozlan. 
Ichin-hien. 
Ichthyophagous cattle and people. 
Icon Amlac, king of Abyssinia. 
Iconium (Kuniyah, Conia). 
Idolatry (Buddhism) and Idolaters,

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