- Astl.
[2] These silver balishes seem to have come in place of the paper money
of the emperors of the race of Zingis, formerly mentioned; but its
value is nowhere described. - E.
[3] This surely must be an error for under garments - E.
[4] In Forsters account of these travels, the blank in the text is filled
up with Dzjau, or Tzjau; which he supposes to have been tea, and that
the numbers refer to certain Chinese weights or packages of that
commodity. Forster adds, that small pieces of tin were given to the
ambassadors, to some twenty-four, and to others as far as seventy
pieces; and he says that Witsen left many of the articles enumerated
in the original untranslated, as not understanding the terms. - Forst.
[5] This is the famous Timur-Beg, or Tamerlane the Great. - Astl.
[6] In the abstract of these travels, as given by Forster, this fire is
said to have been caused by lightning. - E.
[7] It is to be remarked, that the author of these travels was a Mahometan.
The circumstances of the idol temple, says the editor of Astleys
Collection, seems malicious; as, in his opinion, there are no images
in the imperial temples of Pe-king.
