On The 24th Day Of The 8th Moon, The Sacrifice Called 'libation Of Mare's Milk' Is Celebrated." (PELLIOT.)

[1] The eight stages would be:

- (1) Hasanabad, 21 miles; (2) Darband, 28 miles; (3) Chehel Pai, 23 miles; (4) Naiband, 39 miles; (5) Zenagan, 47 miles; (6) Duhuk, 25 miles; (7) Chah Khushab, 36 miles; and (8) Tun, 23 miles.

[2] Genom Khorasan och Turkestan, I., pp. 123 seq.

BOOK SECOND.

PART I. - THE KAAN, HIS COURT AND CAPITAL.

II., p. 334.

NAYAN.

It is worthy of note that Nayan had given up Buddhism and become a Christian as well as many of his subjects. Cf. PELLIOT 1914, pp. 635-6.

VII., pp. 352, 353.

Instead of Sir-i-Sher, read Sar-i-Sher. (PELLIOT.)

P'AI TZU.

"Dr. Bushell's note describes the silver p'ai, or tablets (not then called p'ai tsz) of the Cathayans, which were 200 (not 600) in number. But long before the Cathayans used them, the T'ang Dynasty had done so for exactly the same purpose. They were 5 inches by 1-1/2 inches, and marked with the five words, 'order, running horses, silver p'ai,' and were issued by the department known as the men-hia-sheng. Thus, they were not a Tartar, but a Chinese, invention. Of course, it is possible that the Chinese must have had the idea suggested to them by the ancient wooden orders or tallies of the Tartars." (E.H. PARKER, As. Quart. Review, Jan., 1904, p. 146.)

Instead of "Publication No.

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