7. Hippopotamus Teeth.
XXXIV. - CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF ZANGHIBAR. A WORD ON INDIA IN GENERAL
NOTES. - 1. Zangibar; Negroes. 2. Ethiopian Sheep. 3. Giraffes. 4. Ivory
trade. 5. Error about Elephant-taming. 6. Number of Islands assigned to
the Indian Sea. 7. The Three Indies, and various distributions thereof.
Polo's Indian Geography.
XXXV. - TREATING OF THE GREAT PROVINCE OF ABASH, WHICH IS MIDDLE INDIA, AND
IS ON THE MAINLAND
NOTES. - 1. Habash or Abyssinia. Application of the name India to it.
2. Fire Baptism ascribed to the Abyssinian Christians. 3. Polo's idea of
the position of Aden. 4. Taming of the African Elephant for War.
5. Marco's Story of the Abyssinian Invasion of the Mahomedan Low-Country,
and Review of Abyssinian Chronology in connection therewith. 6. Textual.
XXXVI. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ADEN
NOTES. - 1. The Trade to Alexandria from India via Aden. 2. "_Roncins a
deux selles_." 3. The Sultan of Aden. The City and its Great Tanks.
4. The Loss of Acre.
XXXVII. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF ESHER
NOTES. - 1. Shihr. 2. Frankincense. 3. Four-horned Sheep. 4. Cattle fed on
Fish. 5. Parallel passage.
XXXVIII. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF DUFAR
NOTES. - 1. Dhofar. 2. Notes on Frankincense.
XXXIX. - CONCERNING THE GULF OF CALATU, AND THE CITY SO CALLED
NOTES. - 1. Kalhat. 2. "_En fra terre_." 3. Maskat.
XL. - RETURNS TO THE CITY OF HORMOS WHEREOF WE SPOKE FORMERLY
NOTES. - 1. Polo's distances and bearings in these latter chapters.
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