NOTE. - Passage from Ramusio respecting the Kaan's views of Religion.
Remarks.
VII. - HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS
NOTES. - 1. Parallel from Sanang Setzen. 2. The Golden Honorary Tablets
or Paizah of the Mongols. 3. Umbrellas. 4. The Gerfalcon Tablets.
VIII. - CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE GREAT KAAN
NOTES. - 1. Colour of his Eyes. 2. His Wives. 3. The Kungurat Tribe.
Competitive Examination in Beauty.
IX. - CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN'S SONS
NOTES. - 1. Kublai's intended Heir. 2. His other Sons.
X. - CONCERNING THE PALACE OF THE GREAT KAAN
NOTES. - 1. Palace Wall. 2. The word Tarcasci 3. Towers. 4. Arsenals of
the Palace. 5. The Gates. 6. Various Readings. 7. Barracks. 8. Wide
diffusion of the kind of Palace here described. 9. Parallel description.
10. "Divine" Park. 11. Modern account of the Lake, etc. 12. "Roze de
l'acur." 13. The Green Mount. 14. Textual. 15. Bridge.
XI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC
NOTES. - 1. Chronology, etc., of Peking. 2. The City Wall. 3. Changes in
the Extent of the City. 4. Its ground plan. 5. Aspect. 6. Public Towers.
7. Addition from Ramusio.
XII. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN MAINTAINS A GUARD OF TWELVE THOUSAND HORSE, WHICH
ARE CALLED KESHICAN
NOTE. - The term Quescican.
XIII. - THE FASHION OF THE GREAT KAAN'S TABLE AT HIS HIGH FEASTS
NOTES. - 1. Order of the Tables. 2. The word Vernique. 3. The Buffet of
Liquors. 4. The superstition of the Threshold.
