6. The Fall of the Sung Dynasty. 7. Exposure of
Infants, and Foundling Hospitals.
LXVI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF COIGANJU
NOTE. - Hwai-ngan fu.
LXVII. - OF THE CITIES OF PAUKIN AND CAYU
NOTE. - Pao-yng and Kao-yu.
LXVIII. - OF THE CITIES OF TIJU, TINJU, AND YANJU
NOTES. - 1. Cities between the Canal and the Sea. 2. Yang-chau. 3. Marco
Polo's Employment at this City.
LXIX. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF NANGHIN
NOTE. - Ngan-king.
LXX. - CONCERNING THE VERY NOBLE CITY OF SAIANFU, AND HOW ITS CAPTURE WAS
EFFECTED
NOTES. - 1. and 2. Various Readings. 3. Digression on the Military Engines
of the Middle Ages. 4. Mangonels of Coeur de Lion. 5. Difficulties
connected with Polo's Account of this Siege.
LXXI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF SINJU AND THE GREAT RIVER KIAN
NOTES. - 1. I-chin hien. 2. The Great Kiang. 3. Vast amount of tonnage
on Chinese Waters. 4. Size of River Vessels. 5. Bamboo Tow-lines.
6. Picturesque Island Monasteries.
LXXII. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAIJU
NOTES. - 1. Kwa-chau. 2. The Grand Canal and Rice-Transport. 3. The Golden
Island.
LXXIII. - OF THE CITY OF CHINGHIANFU
NOTE. - Chin-kiang fu. Mar Sarghis, the Christian Governor.
LXXIV. - OF THE CITY OF CHINGINJU AND THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ALANS THERE
NOTES. - 1. Chang-chau. 2. Employment of Alans in the Mongol Service.
3. The Chang-chau Massacre. Mongol Cruelties.
LXXV. - OF THE NOBLE CITY OF SUJU
NOTES. - 1. Su-chau. 2. Bridges of that part of China. 3. Rhubarb; its
mention here seems erroneous. 4. The Cities of Heaven and Earth. Ancient
incised Plan of Su-chau. 5. Hu-chau, Wu-kiang and Kya-hing.
LXXVI. - DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT CITY OF KINSAY, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF
THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF MANZI
NOTES. - 1. King-sze now Hang-chau. 2. The circuit ascribed to the City;
the Bridges. 3. Hereditary Trades. 4. The Si-hu or Western Lake.
5. Dressiness of the People. 6. Charitable Establishments. 7. Paved
roads. 8. Hot and Cold Baths. 9. Kanpu, and the Hang-chau Estuary.
10. The Nine Provinces of Manzi. 11. The Kaan's Garrisons in Manzi.
12. Mourning costume. 13. 14. Tickets recording inmates of houses.
LXXVII. - [FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF KINSAY.]
(From Ramusio only.)
NOTES. - 1. Remarks on these supplementary details. 2. Tides in the
Hang-chau Estuary. 3. Want of a good Survey of Hang-chau. The Squares.
4. Marco ignores pork. 5. Great Pears: Peaches. 6. Textual. 7. Chinese
use of Pepper. 8. Chinese claims to a character for Good Faith.
9. Pleasure-parties on the Lake. 10. Chinese Carriages. 11. The Sung
Emperor. 12. The Sung Palace. Extracts regarding this Great City from
other mediaeval writers, European and Asiatic. Martini's Description.
LXXVIII. - TREATING OF THE YEARLY REVENUE THAT THE GREAT KAAN HATH FROM
KINSAY
NOTES. - 1. Textual. 2. Calculations as to the values spoken of.
LXXIX. - OF THE CITY OF TANPIJU AND OTHERS
NOTES. - 1. Route from Hang-chau southward. 2. Bamboos. 3. Identification
of places. Chang-shan the key to the route.
LXXX. - CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF FUJU
NOTES. - 1. "Fruit like Saffron." 2. 3. Cannibalism ascribed to Mountain
Tribes on this route. 4 Kien-ning fu. 5. Galingale. 6. Fleecy Fowls.
7. Details of the Journey in Fo-kien and various readings. 8. Unken.
Introduction of Sugar-refining into China.
LXXXI. - CONCERNING THE GREATNESS OF THE CITY OF FUJU
NOTES. - 1. The name _Chonka_, applied to Fo-kien here. _Cayton_ or
_Zayton_. 2. Objections that have been made to identity of _Fuju_ and
Fu-chau. 3. The Min River.
LXXXII. - OF THE CITY AND GREAT HAVEN OF ZAYTON
NOTES. - 1. The Camphor Laurel. 2. The Port of Zayton or T'swan-chau;
Recent objections to this identity. Probable origin of the word Satin.
3. Chinese Consumption of Pepper. 4. Artists in Tattooing. 5. Position
of the Porcelain manufacture spoken of. Notions regarding the _Great
River_ of China. 6. Fo-kien dialects and variety of spoken language in
China. 7. From Ramusio.
BOOK THIRD.
Japan, the Archipelago, Southern India, and the Coasts and Islands of the
Indian Sea.
I. - OF THE MERCHANT SHIPS OF MANZI THAT SAIL UPON THE INDIAN SEAS
NOTES. - 1. Pine Timber. 2. Rudder and Masts. 3. Watertight Compartments.
4. Chinese substitute for Pitch. 5. Oars used by Junks. 6. Descriptions
of Chinese Junks from other Mediaeval Writers.
II. - DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF CHIPANGU, AND THE GREAT KAAN'S DESPATCH
OF A HOST AGAINST IT.
NOTES. - 1. Chipangu or Japan. 2. Abundance of Gold. 3. The Golden Palace.
4. Japanese Pearls. Red Pearls.
III. - WHAT FURTHER CAME OF THE GREAT KAAN'S EXPEDITION AGAINST CHIPANGU
NOTES. - 1. Kublai's attempts against Japan. Japanese Narrative of the
Expedition here spoken of. (See App. L. 9.) 2. Species of Torture.
3. Devices to procure Invulnerability.
IV. - CONCERNING THE FASHION OF THE IDOLS
NOTES. - 1. Many-limbed Idols. 2. The Philippines and Moluccas. 3. The
name _Chin_ or _China_. 4. The Gulf of Cheinan.
V. - OF THE GREAT COUNTRY CALLED CHAMBA
NOTES. - 1. Champa, and Kublai's dealings with it. (See App. L. 10).
2. Chronology. 3. Eagle-wood and Ebony. Polo's use of Persian words.
VI. - CONCERNING THE GREAT ISLAND OF JAVA
NOTE. - Java; its supposed vast extent. Kublai's expedition against it and
failure.
VII. - WHEREIN THE ISLES OF SONDUR AND CONDUR ARE SPOKEN OF; AND THE KINGDOM
OF LOCAC
NOTES. - 1. Textual. 2. Pulo Condore. 3. The Kingdom of Locac, Southern
Siam.
VIII. - OF THE ISLAND CALLED PENTAM, AND THE CITY MALAIUR
NOTES. - 1. Bintang. 2. The Straits of Singapore. 3. Remarks on the Malay
Chronology. Malaiur probably Palembang.
IX. - CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF JAVA THE LESS. THE KINGDOMS OF FERLEC AND
BASMA
NOTES. - 1. The Island of Sumatra: application of the term _Java_.
2. Products of Sumatra. The six kingdoms. 3. Ferlec or Parlak. The
Battas. 4. Basma, Pacem, or Pasei. 5. The Elephant and the Rhinoceros.
The Legend of Monoceros and the Virgin. 6. Black Falcon.
