——­ Mohammed. 
Ulus, the. 
U-man and Pe-man (Black and White Barbarians). 
Umbrellas. 
Unc Can (Aung Khan), see Prester John
Ung (Ungkut), Tartar tribe.. 
Ungrat (Kungurat), Tartar tribe. 
Unicorn (Rhinoceros), in Burma,
  Sumatra;
  legend of Virgin and;
  horns of. 
Unken, City. 
Unlucky hours. 
U-nya-Mwezi superstition. 
Urduja, Princess. 
Uriangkadai. 
Uriangkut (Tunguses). 
Urianhai, the. 
Urumtsi. 
Urzu. 
Uspenskoye (called also Bolgarskoye). 
Uttungadeva, king of Java. 
Uwek, see Ucaca. 
Uzbeg Khan of Sarai. 
Uzbegs of Kunduz. 
Uzun Tati, coins, Chinese porcelain from.

Vair, the fur and animal.
——­ as an epithet of eyes. 
Valaghir district. 
Vambery, Prof.  Hermann. 
Vanchu (Wangchu), conspires with Chenchu against Ahmad. 
Van Lake. 
Varaegian, Varangian. 
Varaha Mihira, astronomer. 
Vardoj River.
Varini. 
Varsach, or Mashhad River.
Vasmulo.
Vateria Indica. 
Veil of the Temple, [Greek:  peplos babylonios]. 
Vellalars. 
Venadan, title of king of Kaulam. 
Venetians, factory at Soldaia,
  expelled from Constantinople. 
Venice,
  return of Polos to;
  its exaltation after Latin conquest of Constantinople;
  its nobles;
  Polo’s mansion at;
  galleys;
  archives at;
  articles brought from East by Marco to. 
Ventilators at Hormuz. 
Verlinden, Belgian missionary.
Verniques.
Verzino Colombino. (See also Brazil.). 
Vessels, war,
  stitched of Kerman ([Greek:  ploiaria rhapta]).
  (See also Ships.). 
Vial, Paul, French missionary. 
Vijayanagar. 
Vikramajit, legend of. 
Vikrampur. 
Villard de Honnecourt, Album of. 
Vincent of Beauvais. 
Vincenzo, P.
Vineyards, in Taican,
  Kashgar;
  Khotan;
  in N. China. 
Vinson, Prof., on Couvade. 
Virgin of Cape Comorin. 
Visconti, Tedaldo, or Tebaldo, see Theobald of Piacenza. 
Vissering, on Chinese Currency. 
Vochan (Unchan, Yungchan),
  battle there. 
Vogels, J.
Vokhan, see Wakhan. 
Volga, called Tigris. 
Vos, Belgian Missionary. 
Vughin. 
Vuju in Kiangnan.
——­ in Chekiang.

Wadoe tribe. 
Wakf. 
Wakhan (Vokhan), dialect.
——­ Mountains. 
Wakhjir Pass. 
Wakhijrui Pass, see Wakhjir Pass. 
Wakhsh, branch of the Oxus. 
Wakhtang II., king of Georgia. 
Walashjird. 
Wallachs. 
Wall of Alexander (or Caucasian).
——­ of Gog and Magog (i.e.  China). 
Walnut-oil. 
Wami River.
Wang, Chinese silk. 
Wang, king of Djungar. 
Wangchu, see Vanchu
Wapila. 
Warangol Ku. 
Warangs. 
Warner, Dr.
War vessels, Chinese. 
Wassaf, the historian,
  his character of the Karaunahs;
  notices of Hormuz;