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.
  eulogy of Kublai;
  story of Kublai;
  his style;
  account of taking of Siang-yang;
  of Kinsay;
  Maabar;
  horse trade to India;
  treatment of them there;
  extract from his history. 
Water, bitter.
——­ custom of lying in,
  consecration by Lamas.
——­ Clock. 
Wathek, Khalif. 
Wa-tzu, Lolo slaves. 
Weather-conjuring. 
Wei dynasty. 
Weights and measures. 
Wei-ning. 
Wei River in Shen-si.
——­ in Shan-tung. 
Wen River. 
Wen-chow. 
Westermarck, Human Marriage
Whale oil, including spermaceti. 
Whales,
  in Socotra;
  Madagascar;
  species of Indian Ocean;
  sperm (Capdoille). 
Wheaten bread not eaten,
  at Yachi. 
White bears.
——­ bone, Chinese for Lolos.
——­ camels.
——­ City, meaning of term among Tartars.
——­ City, of Manzi frontier.
——­ Devils.
——­ Feast at Kublai’s City.
——­ Horde.
——­ horses and mares,
  offered to Khan. 
Whittington and his cat in Persia. 
Wild asses and oxen, see Asses and Oxen. 
William of Tripoli, Friar,
  his writings. 
Williams, Dr. S.W., on the Chinese year,
  on elephants at Peking. 
Williamson, Rev. A.
Wilson, General Sir C.
Wind, poison (Simum),
  monsoons. 
Wine, of the vine, Persians lax in abstaining from,
——­ boiled.
——­ of ancient Kapisa,
  Khotan;
  at Taianfu;
  imported at Kinsay.
——­ rice (Samshu or darasun),
  and of wheat;
  at Yachi;
  spices, etc., in Caindu;
  Kien-ch’ang;
  Cangigu;
  Coloman;
  Kinsay.
——­ Palm (toddy).
——­ from sugar.
——­ date.
——­ (unspecified), at Khan’s table,
  not used in Ma’bar;
  nor by Brahmans. 
“Winter” used for “rainy season”. 
Wo-fo-sze, “Monastery of the lying Buddha”. 
Wolves in Pamir. 
Women, Island of. 
Women, of Kerman,
  their embroidery;
  mourners;
  of Khorasan, their beauty;
  of Badakhshan;
  Kashmir;
  Khotan;
  Kamul, fair and wanton;
  Tartar good and loyal;
  Erguiul, pretty creatures;
  of the town;
  of Tibet, evil customs;
  Caindu;
  Carajan; Zardandan, couvade;
  Anin;
  Kinsay, charming;
  respectful treatment of;
  Kelinfu, beautiful;
  Zanghibar, frightful. 
Wonders performed by the Bacsi. 
Wood, Lieutenant John, Indian Navy,
  his elucidations of Polo in Oxus regions. 
Wood-oil. 
Wool, Salamander’s. 
Worship of Mahomet (supposed).
——­ of fire,
  Tartar;
  Chinese.
——­ of first object seen in the day. 
Worshipping the tablets. 
Wu-chau (Vuju). 
Wukiang-hien (Vughin). 
Wuesus, or Wesses, people of Russia. 
Wu-ti, Emperor. 
Wylie, Alexander.

Xanadu
Xavier, at Socotra. 
Xerxes.

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