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 -  5. Chinese Etiquettes.
  6. Jugglers at the Banquet.

XIV. - CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR - Page 135
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5. Chinese Etiquettes. 6.

Jugglers at the Banquet.

XIV. - CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY

NOTES. - 1. The Chinese Year. 2. "Beaten Gold." 3. Textual. Festal changes of costume. 4. Festivals.

XV. - OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

NOTES. - 1. The White Month. 2. Mystic value of the number 9. 3. Elephants at Peking. 4. Adoration of Tablets. K'o-tow.

XVI. - CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS WHO RECEIVE ROBES OF CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS, THIRTEEN CHANGES A-PIECE

NOTES. - 1. Textual. 2. The words Camut and Borgal. 3. Tame Lions.

XVII. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME

NOTE. - Parallel Passage.

XVIII. - OF THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND WOLVES THAT THE KAAN KEEPS FOR THE CHASE

NOTES. - 1. The Cheeta or Hunting Leopard. 2. Lynxes. 3. The Tiger, termed Lion by Polo. 4. The Burgut Eagle.

XIX. - CONCERNING THE TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE CHARGE OF THE KAAN'S HOUNDS

NOTE. - The Masters of the Hounds, and their title.

XX. - HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION

NOTES. - 1. Direction of the Tour. 2. Hawking Establishments. 3. The word Toskaul. 4. The word Bularguchi. 5. Kublai's Litter. 6. Kachar Modun. 7. The Kaan's Great Tents. 8. The Sable and Ermine. 9. Petis de la Croix.

XXI. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN, ON RETURNING FROM HIS HUNTING EXPEDITION, HOLDS A GREAT COURT AND ENTERTAINMENT

NOTE. - This chapter peculiar to the 2nd Type of MSS.

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