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LX. - CONCERNING THE KAAN'S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR.

  NOTES. - 1. Palace. 2. The word Sesnes. 3. Chagan-nor. 4. The five - Page 133
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LX. - CONCERNING THE KAAN'S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR.

NOTES. - 1.

Palace. 2. The word Sesnes. 3. Chagan-nor. 4. The five species of Crane described by Polo. 5. The word Cator.

LXI. - OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN'S PALACE THERE

NOTES. - 1. Two Roads. 2. Chandu, properly Shangtu. 3. Leopards. 4. The Bamboo Palace. Uses of the Bamboo. 5. Kublai's Annual Migration to Shangtu. 6. The White Horses. The Oirad Tribe. 7. The Mare's Milk Festival. 8. Weather Conjuring. 9. Ascription of Cannibalism to Tibetans, etc. 10. The term Bacsi. 11. Magical Feats ascribed to the Lamas. 12. Lamas. 13. Vast extent of Lama Convents. 14. Married Lamas. 15. Bran. 16. Patarins. 17. The Ascetics called Sensin. 18. Textual. 19. Tao-sze Idols.

BOOK SECOND.

PART I.

I. - OF CUBLAY KAAN, THE GREAT KAAN NOW REIGNING, AND OF HIS GREAT PUISSANCE

NOTE. - Eulogies of Kublai.

II. - CONCERNING THE REVOLT OF NAYAN, WHO WAS UNCLE TO THE GREAT KAAN CUBLAY

NOTES. - 1. Chronology. 2. Kublai's Age. 3. His Wars. 4. Nayan and his true relationship to Kublai.

III. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN MARCHED AGAINST NAYAN

NOTE. - Addition from Ramusio.

IV. - OF THE BATTLE THAT THE GREAT KAAN FOUGHT WITH NAYAN

NOTES. - 1. The word Bretesche. 2. Explanatory. 3. The Nakkara. 4. Parallel Passages. 5. Verbal. 6. The Story of Nayan. (See App. L. 7.)

V. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSED NAYAN TO BE PUT TO DEATH

NOTES. - 1. The Shedding of Royal blood avoided. 2. Chorcha, Kaoli, Barskul, Sikintinju. 3.

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