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Gold. 3. Crocodiles. 4. Yun-nan horses and riders. Arms of the Aboriginal Tribes. 5. Strange superstition and parallels.

L. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ZARDANDAN

NOTES. - 1. Carajan and Zardandan. 2. The Gold-Teeth. 3. Male Indolence. 4. The Couvade. (See App. L. 8.) 5. Abundance of Gold. Relation of Gold to Silver. 6. Worship of the Ancestor. 7. Unhealthiness of the climate. 8. Tallies. 9.-12. Medicine-men or Devil-dancers; extraordinary identity of practice in various regions.

LI. - WHEREIN IS RELATED HOW THE KING OF MIEN AND BANGALA VOWED VENGEANCE AGAINST THE GREAT KAAN

NOTES. - 1. Chronology. 2. Mien or Burma. Why the King may have been called King of Bengal also. 3. Numbers alleged to have been carried on elephants.

LII. - OF THE BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT BY THE GREAT KAAN'S HOST AND HIS SENESCHAL AGAINST THE KING OF MIEN

NOTES. - 1. Nasruddin. 2. Cyrus's Camels. 3. Chinese Account of the Action. General Correspondence of the Chinese and Burmese Chronologies.

LIII. - OF THE GREAT DESCENT THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF MIEN

NOTES. - 1. Market-days. 2. Geographical difficulties.

LIV. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF MIEN, AND THE TWO TOWERS THAT ARE THEREIN, ONE OF GOLD, AND THE OTHER OF SILVER

NOTES. - 1. Amien. 2. Chinese Account of the Invasion of Burma. Comparison with Burmese Annals. The City intended. The Pagodas. 3. Wild Oxen.

LV. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF BANGALA

NOTES. - 1. Polo's view of Bengal; and details of his account illustrated. 2. Great Cattle.

LVI. - DISCOURSES OF THE PROVINCE OF CAUGIGU

NOTE. - A Part of Laos. Papesifu. Chinese Geographical Etymologies.

LVII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ANIN

NOTES. - 1. The Name. Probable identification of territory. 2. Textual.

LVIII. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF COLOMAN

NOTES. - 1. The Name. The Kolo-man. 2. Natural defences of Kwei-chau.

LIX. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUIJU

NOTES. - 1. Kwei-chau. Phungan-lu. 2. Grass-cloth. 3. Tigers. 4. Great Dogs. 5. Silk. 6. Geographical Review of the Route since Chapter LV. 7. Return to Juju.

BOOK SECOND.

(Continued.)

PART III.

Journey Southward through Eastern Provinces of Cathay and Manzi.

LX. - CONCERNING THE CITIES OF CACANFU AND CHANGLU

NOTES. - 1. Pauthier's Identifications. 2. Changlu. The Burning of the Dead ascribed to the Chinese.

LXI. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF CHINANGLI, AND THAT OF TADINFU, AND THE REBELLION OF LITAN

NOTES. - 1. T'si-nan fu. 2. Silk of Shan-tung. 3. Title _Sangon_. 4. Agul and Mangkutai. 5. History of Litan's Revolt.

LXII. - CONCERNING THE NOBLE CITY OF SINJUMATU

NOTE. - The City intended. The Great Canal.

LXIII. - CONCERNING THE CITIES OF LINJU AND PIJU

NOTES. - 1. Linju. 2. Piju.

LXIV. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF SIJU, AND THE GREAT RIVER CARAMORAN

NOTES. - 1. Siju. 2. The Hwang-Ho and its changes. 3. Entrance to Manzi; that name for Southern China.

LXV. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN CONQUERED THE PROVINCE OF MANZI

NOTES. - 1. Meaning and application of the title _Faghfur_. 2. Chinese self-devotion. 3. Bayan the Great Captain. 4. His lines of Operation. 5.

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