Account of Regions Visited or heard of on the Journey from the Lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu.

I.—HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA

NOTES.—1. Little Armenia. 2. Meaning of Chasteaux. 3. Sickliness of
Cilician Coast. 4. The phrase "fra terre."

II.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA

NOTES.—1. Brutality of the people. 2. Application of name Turcomania.
Turcoman Hordes.

III.—DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA

NOTES.—1. Erzingan. Buckrams, what were they? 2. Erzrum. 3. Baiburt. 4. Ararat. 5. Oil wells of Baku.

IV.—OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF

NOTES.—1. Georgian Kings. 2. The Georgians. 3. The Iron Gates and Wall of Alexander. 4. Box forests. 5. Goshawks. 6. Fish Miracle. 7. Sea of Ghel or Ghelan. Names ending in -Án. 8. Names of the Caspian, and navigation thereon. 9. Fish in the Caspian.

V.—OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL

NOTES.—1. Atabeks of Mosul. 2. Nestorian and Jacobite Christians. 3. Mosolins. 4. The Kurds. 5. Mush and Mardin.

VI.—OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN

NOTES.—1. Baudas, or Baghdad. 2. Island of Kish. 3. Basra.
4. Baldachins and other silk textures; Animal patterns. 5, 6. HulÁkÚ's
Expedition. 7. The Death of the KhalÍf Mosta'sim. 8. Froissart.

VII.—HOW THE CALIF OF BAUDAS TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS LAND

NOTES.—1. Chronology. 2. "Ses Regisles et ses Casses."

VIII.—HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CALIF HAD SAID

NOTE.—The word "cralantur."

IX.—HOW THE ONE-EYED COBLER WAS DESIRED TO PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIANS

X.—HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE

NOTE.—The Mountain Miracle.

XI.—OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS

NOTES.—1. Tabriz. 2. Cremesor. 3. Traffic at Tabriz. 4. The Torizi. 5. Character of City and People.

XII.—OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT BARSAMO ON THE BORDERS OF TAURIS

NOTE.—The Monastery of Barsauma.

XIII.—OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS

NOTES.—1. Kala' AtishparastÁn. 2. The Three Kings.

XIV.—HOW THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY

NOTES.—1. The three mystic Gifts. 2. The Worshipped Fire. 3. SÁvah and
Avah. The Legend in Mas'udi. Embellishments of the Story of the Magi.

XV.—OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED

NOTES.—1. The Eight Kingdoms. 2. Export of Horses, and Prices. 3. Persian Brigands. 4. Persian wine.

XVI.—CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF YASDI

NOTES.—1. Yezd. 2. Yezd to Kerman. The Woods spoken of.

XVII.—CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KERMAN

NOTES.—1. City and Province of Kerman. 2. Turquoises. 3. Ondanique or
Indian Steel. 4. Manufactures of Kerman. 5. Falcons.

XVIII.—OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS

NOTES.—1. Products of the warmer plains. 2. Humped oxen and fat-tailed
sheep. 3. Scarani. 4. The Karaunahs and Nigudarian Bands.
5. Canosalmi.

XIX.—OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS

NOTES.—1. Site of Old Hormuz and Geography of the route from Kerman to Hormuz. 2. Dates and Fish Diet. 3. Stitched Vessels. "One rudder," why noticed as peculiar. 4. Great heat at Hormuz. 5. The SimÚm. 6. History of Hormuz, and Polo's Ruomedan Acomat. 7. Second Route between Hormuz and Kerman.

XX.—OF THE WEARISOME AND DESERT ROAD THAT HAS NOW TO BE TRAVELLED

NOTES.—1. Kerman to KÚbenÁn. 2. Desert of LÚt. 3. Subterraneous Canals.

XXI.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF COBINAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE

NOTES.—1. Kuh-BanÁn. 2. Production of TÚtÍÁ.

XXII.—OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS' JOURNEY

NOTES.—1. Deserts of Khorasan. 2. The Arbre Sol or Arbre Sec.

XXIII.—CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

NOTE.—The Assassins, HashÍshÎn, or MulÁhidah.

XXIV.—HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS

NOTES.—1. The story widely spread. Notable murders by the Sectaries. 2. Their different branches.

XXV.—HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END

NOTE.—History of the apparent Destruction of the Sect by HulÁkÚ; its survival to the present time. Castles of Alamut and Girdkuh.

XXVI.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN

NOTE.—ShibrgÂn, and the route followed. Dried Melons.

XXVII.—OF THE CITY OF BALC

NOTES.—1. Balkh. 2. Country meant by Dogana. 3. Lions in the Oxus
Valley.

XXVIII.—OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT. ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF CASEM

NOTES.—1. Talikan. 2. Mines of Rock-salt. 3. Ethnological
characteristics. 4. Kishm. 5. Porcupines. 6. Cave dwellings. 7. Old and
New Capitals of Badakhshan.

XXIX.—OF THE PROVINCE OF BADASHAN

NOTES.—1. Dialects of Badakhshan. Alexandrian lineage of the Princes. 2. Badakhshan and the Balas Ruby. 3. Azure Mines. 4. Horses of Badakhshan. 5. Naked Barley. 6. Wild sheep. 7. Scenery of Badakhshan. 8. Repeated devastation of the Country from War. 9. Amplitude of feminine garments.

XXX.—OF THE PROVINCE OF PASHAI

NOTE.—On the country intended by this name.

XXXI.—OF THE PROVINCE OF KESHIMUR

NOTES.—1. Kashmir language. 2. Kashmir Conjurers. (See App. L. 2.) 3. Importance of Kashmir in History of Buddhism. 4. Character of the People. 5. Vicissitudes of Buddhism in Kashmir. 6. Buddhist practice as to slaughter of animals. 7. Coral.

XXXII.—OF THE GREAT RIVER OF BADASHAN; AND PLAIN OF PAMIER

NOTES.—1. The Upper Oxus and Wakhan. The title Nono, (See App. L.
3.) 2. The Plateau of Pamir. (See App. L. 4 and 5.) The Great Wild
Sheep. Fire at great altitudes. 3. Bolor.

XXXIII.—OF THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR

NOTE.—Kashgar.

XXXIV.—OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN

NOTES.—1. Christians in Samarkand. 2. Chagatai's relation to KÚblÁi mis-stated. 3. The Miracle of the Stone.

XXXV.—OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN

NOTE.—Yarkand. GoÎtre prevalent there.

XXXVI.—OF A PROVINCE CALLED COTAN

NOTES.—1. Government. 2. "Adoration of Mahommet." 3. Khotan.

XXXVII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF PEIN

NOTES.—1. Position of Pein (App. L. 6.) 2. The Yu or Jade. 3. Temporary marriages.

XXXVIII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CHARCHAN

NOTE.—Position of Charchan and Lop.

XXXIX.—OF THE CITY OF LOP, AND THE GREAT DESERT

NOTES.—1. Geographical discrepancy. 2. Superstitions as to Deserts: their wide diffusion. The Sound of Drums on certain sandy acclivities. 3. Sha-chau to Lob-nor.

XL.—CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT

NOTES.—1. Tangut. 2. Buddhism encountered here. 3. Kalmak superstition, the "Heaven's Ram." 4. Chinese customs described here. 5. Mongol disposal of the Dead. 6. Superstitious practice of avoiding to carry out the dead by the house-door; its wide diffusion.

XLI.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL

NOTES.—1. Kamul. 2. Character of the people. 3. Shameless custom. 4. Parallel.

XLII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS

NOTES.—1. The Country intended. 2. Ondanique. 3. Asbestos Mountain. 4. The four elements. 5 and 6. The Story of the Salamander. Asbestos fabrics.

XLIII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR

NOTES.—1. Explanatory. 2. The City of Suhchau. 3. Rhubarb country. 4. Poisonous pasture.

XLIV.—OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU

NOTES.—1. The City of Kanchau. 2. Recumbent Buddhas. 3. Buddhist Days
of
Special Worship. 4. Matrimonial Customs. 5. Textual.

XLV.—OF THE CITY OF ETZINA

NOTES.—1. Position of Yetsina. 2. Textual. 3. The Wild Ass of Mongolia.

XLVI.—OF THE CITY OF CARACORON

NOTES.—1. Karakorum. 2. Tartar. 3. Chorcha. 4. Prester John.

XLVII.—OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS

NOTES.—1. Chronology. 2. Relations between Chinghiz and Aung Khan, the
Prester John of Polo.

XLVIII.—HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN

XLIX.—HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS

NOTES.—1. Plain of Tanduc. 2. Divination by Twigs and Arrows.

L.—THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN. DEATH OF CHINGHIS

NOTE.—Real circumstances and date of the Death of Chinghiz.

LI.—OF THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER CHINGHIS KAAN, AND OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS

NOTES.—1. Origin of the Cambuscan of Chaucer. 2. Historical Errors.
3. The Place of Sepulture of Chinghiz. 4. Barbarous Funeral
Superstition.

LII.—CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS

NOTES.—1. Tartar Huts. 2. Tartar Waggons. 3. Pharaoh's Rat. 4. Chastity of the Women. 5. Polygamy and Marriage Customs.

LIII.—CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS

NOTES.—1. The old Tartar idols. 2. Kumiz.

LIV.—CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR

NOTES.—1. Tartar Arms. 2. The Decimal Division of their Troops. 3. Textual. 4. Blood-drinking. 5. KurÚt, or Tartar Curd. 6. The Mongol military rapidity and terrorism. 7. Corruption of their Nomade simplicity.

LV.—CONCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TARTARS

NOTES.—1. The Cudgel. 2. Punishment of Theft. 3. Marriage of the Dead. 4. Textual.

LVI.—SUNDRY PARTICULARS ON THE PLAIN BEYOND CARACORON

NOTES.—1. Textual. 2. Bargu, the Mecrit, the Reindeer, and Chase of
Water-fowl. 3. The bird Barguerlac, the Syrrhaptes. 4. Gerfalcons.

LVII.—OF THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL, AND PROVINCE OF SINJU

NOTES.—1. Erguiul. 2. Siningfu. 3. The Yak. 4. The Musk Deer. 5. Reeves's Pheasant.

LVIII.—OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA

NOTES.—1. Egrigaia. 2. Calachan 3. White Camels, and Camlets:
Siclatoun.

LIX.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF PRESTER JOHN

NOTES.—1. The name and place Tenduc. King George. 2. Standing Marriage
Compact. The title GurgÁn. 3. Azure. 4. The terms Argon and
Guasmul. The Dungens. 5. The Rampart of Gog and Magog. 6. Tartary
cloths. 7. Siuen-hwa fu.

LX.—CONCERNING THE KAAN'S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR.

NOTES.—1. Palace. 2. The word Sesnes. 3. Chagan-nor. 4. The five species of Crane described by Polo. 5. The word Cator.

LXI.—OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN'S PALACE THERE

NOTES.—1. Two Roads. 2. Chandu, properly Shangtu. 3. Leopards. 4. The
Bamboo Palace. Uses of the Bamboo. 5. KÚblÁi's Annual Migration to
Shangtu. 6. The White Horses. The Oirad Tribe. 7. The Mare's Milk
Festival. 8. Weather Conjuring. 9. Ascription of Cannibalism to
Tibetans, etc. 10. The term Bacsi. 11. Magical Feats ascribed to the
Lamas. 12. Lamas. 13. Vast extent of Lama Convents. 14. Married Lamas.
15. Bran. 16. Patarins. 17. The Ascetics called Sensin. 18. Textual.
19. Tao-sze Idols.