XVI. - HOW ACOMAT WAS SLAIN BY ORDER OF HIS NEPHEW
XVII. - HOW ARGON WAS RECOGNISED AS SOVEREIGN
NOTES. - 1. The historical circumstances and persons named in these
chapters. 2. Arghun's accession and death.
XVIII. - HOW KIACATU SEIZED THE SOVEREIGNTY AFTER ARGON'S DEATH
NOTE. - The reign and character of Kaikhatu.
XIX. - HOW BAIDU SEIZED THE SOVEREIGNTY AFTER THE DEATH OF KIACATU
NOTES. - 1. Baidu's alleged Christianity. 2. Ghazan Khan.
XX. - CONCERNING KING CONCHI WHO RULES THE FAR NORTH
NOTES. - 1. Kaunchi Khan. 2. Siberia. 3. Dog-sledges. 4. The animal here
styled _Erculin_. The Vair. 5. Yugria.
XXI. - CONCERNING THE LAND OF DARKNESS
NOTES. - 1. The Land of Darkness. 2. The Legend of the Mares and their
Foals. 3. Dumb Trade with the People of the Darkness.
XXII. - DESCRIPTION OF ROSIA AND ITS PEOPLE. PROVINCE OF LAC
NOTES. - 1. Old Accounts of Russia. Russian Silver and Rubles. 2. Lac, or
Wallachia. 3. Oroech, Norway (?) or the Waraeg Country (?)
XXIII. - HE BEGINS TO SPEAK OF THE STRAITS OF CONSTANTINOPLE, BUT DECIDES TO
LEAVE THAT MATTER
XXIV. - CONCERNING THE TARTARS OF THE PONENT AND THEIR LORDS
NOTES. - 1. The Comanians; the Alans; Majar; Zic; the Goths of the Crimea;
Gazaria. 2. The Khans of Kipchak or the Golden Horde; errors in Polo's
list. Extent of their Empire.
XXV. - OF THE WAR THAT AROSE BETWEEN ALAU AND BARCA, AND THE BATTLES THAT
THEY FOUGHT (Extracts and Substance.)
NOTES. - 1. Verbal.