on lying in water;
  Cloths of Tartary;
  Trees of the Sun;
  Dry Tree;
  his Book of Travels;
  English version;
  his tomb. 
Maung Maorong, or Pong, Shan kingdom. 
Mauro, Fra, his map. 
Mausul (Mosul), kingdom of.
Mauvenu (Malvennez), the phrase. 
Mayers, W.F. 
Mayhew, A.L., on Couvade. 
Mazanderan, province.
Mecchino, Ginger. 
Medressehs at Sivas. 
Mekhitar. 
Mekong River (Lan-tsang kiang). 
Mekran, often reckoned part of India. 
Mekranis. 
Melchior, one of the Magi. 
Melibar, see Malabar. 
Melic, the title. 
Melons, dried, of Shibrgan. 
Menangkabau. 
Mendoza. 
Menezes, Duarte. 
Mengki, envoy to Java. 
Menjar (Majar?). 
Menuvair and Grosvair. 
Merghuz Boiruk Khan. 
Merkit (Mecrit, Mescript), a Tartar tribe. 
Meshid (more correctly Mashhad). 
Messengers, Royal Mongol. 
Mexico. 
Meyer, Paul, Alexandre le Grand. 
Miafarakain. 
Miau-tzu. 
Mien, Amien, Ava (Burma), king of,
  his battle with Tartars;
  City of;
  its gold and silver towers;
  how it was conquered;
  communications and war with Mongols;
  Chinese notices. 
Mikado. 
Military engines of the Middle Ages,
  dissertation on;
  two classes;
  Trebuchets;
  Balista;
  shot used, carrion, live men, bags of gold;
  Mangonel;
  Napoleon’s experiments with heavy shot;
  size and accuracy;
  length of range (Sanudo on);
  effect of Mangonel on Saracens;
  procured by Kublai for siege of Siang-yang;
  Chinese and Persian histories on;
  known to Mongols and Chinese;
  the Karabugha, or Calabra;
  the P’ao. 
Milk, portable, or curd. 
Milk, rite of sprinkling Mare’s. 
Million, use of the numeral. 
Millione, Millioni, nickname for Polo and his book. 
Millioni, Corte del. 
Milne. 
Minao district. 
Mines and Minerals, see Iron, Silver, etc. 
Minever, see Menuvair. 
Ming, the Chinese dynasty which ousted the Mongols, A.D. 1368,
  their changes in Peking;
  their paper-money;
  their effeminate customs;
  expeditions to India;
  annals. 
Mingan, Khan’s Master of Hounds. 
Ming-ti, Emperor. 
Minjan, dialect of. 
Minotto, Professor A.S. 
Min River (in Fokien).
——­ River (in Szech’wan). 
Mint, the Khan’s. 
Mintsing-hien. 
Mious River. 
Miracle Stories,
  fish in Lent;
  Mountain moved;
  St. Barsamo’s girdles;
  Holy Fire;
  Stone at Samarkand;
  at St. Thomas’ Shrine. 
Mirat.
Mire French for leech. 
Mirkhond. 
Mirobolans.
Miskal, a weight. (See also Saggio.).
Misri, sugar-candy. 
Missionary Friars, powers conferred on,
  in China in 14th century.
——­ Martyrs. 
Moa of New Zealand. 
Modhafferians, the.