Horde, 149, 249; Ilkhans, I. 354,
403; II. 193, where Hammer writes the name of Kandschi.)
It is perhaps a trace of the lineage of the old rulers of Siberia that the
old town of Tyuman in Western Siberia is still known to the Tartars as
Chinghiz Tora, or the Fort of Chinghiz. (Erman, I. 310.)
NOTE 2. - We see that Polo's information in this chapter extends over the
whole latitude of Siberia; for the great White Bears and the Black Foxes
belong to the shores of the Frozen Ocean; the Wild Asses only to the
southern parts of Siberia. As to the Pharaoh's Rat, see vol. i. p. 254.
[Illustration: The Siberian Dog-sledge.
"E sus ceste treies hi se mete sus un cuir d'ors, e puis hi monte sus un
mesaje; e ceste treies moinent six chiens de celz grant qe je vos ai
contes; et cesti chienz ne les moine nulz, mes il vont tout droit jusque a
l'autre poste, et trainent la treies mout bien."]
NOTE 3. - No dog-sledges are now known, I believe, on this side of the
course of the Obi, and there not south of about 61 deg. 30'. But in the
11th century they were in general use between the Dwina and Petchora. And
Ibn Batuta's account seems to imply that in the 14th they were in use far
to the south of the present limit:
