N. long. 104 deg. E.; and Yung-nam may have been the fine
city which the Persians named Rosna-baad, or the Habitation of
Beauty. - E.
[32] About seventeen or twenty-one English miles, or nineteen miles on the
average. - E.
[33] This is the same with the Khambalu of Polo. One name signifies the
palace of the Khan, the other the city of the Khan. - Astl.
[34] This is the Fong-whang, or fabulous bird of the Chinese. The Simorg-
Anka, is supposed among the Persians to have existed among the
Preadamites, and to have assisted Solomon in his wars. - Astl.
[35] The text is here abrupt and inconclusive: These vestments were
probably presented to the ambassadors and their suite. - E.
[36] What this may have been does not appear; it may possibly have been
arrack, or the wine made of rice and spices, which is frequently
mentioned in the travels of Marco Polo. - E.
SECTION II.
The several Audiences of the Ambassadors, their Entertainments, Presents,
and Return.
On the ninth of the month Zu'lhajjeh, the Sekjin, or officer belonging to
the court who had charge of the ambassadors, came to their lodgings before
day, and raised them from their beds, saying that the emperor meant to
feast them that day. He brought them to the palace on horses which were
sent for the purpose, and placed them in the outer court, where two hundred
thousand persons were in attendance.
