CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
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| [Synopsis of Contents] | iii |
| [Explanatory List of Illustrations] | xvi |
| [The Book of Marco Polo] | |
| [Appendices] | 503 |
| [Index] | 607 |
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
BOOK SECOND—(Continued).
Journey to the West and South-West of Cathay.
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| [XXXV.] | —Here begins the Description of the Interior of Cathay; and first of the River Pulisanghin | 3 |
| Notes.—1. Marco’s Route. 2. The Bridge Pul-i-sangin, or Lu-ku-k’iao. | ||
| [XXXVI.] | —Account of the City of Juju | 10 |
| Notes.—1. The Silks called Sendals. 2. Chochau. 3. Bifurcation of Two Great Roads at this point. | ||
| [XXXVII.] | —The Kingdom of Taianfu | 12 |
| Notes.—1. Acbaluc. 2. T’ai-yuan fu. 3. Grape-wine of that place. 4. P’ing-yang fu. | ||
| [XXXVIII.] | —Concerning the Castle of Caichu. the Golden King and Prester John | 17 |
| Notes.—1. The Story and Portrait of the Roi d’Or. 2. Effeminacy reviving in every Chinese Dynasty. | ||
| [XXXIX.] | —How Prester John treated the Golden King his Prisoner | 21 |
| [XL.] | —Concerning the Great River Caramoran and the City of Cachanfu | 22 |
| Notes.—1. The Kará Muren. 2. Former growth of silk in Shan-si and Shen-si. 3. The akché or asper. | ||
| [XLI.] | —Concerning the City of Kenjanfu | 24 |
| Notes.—1. Morus alba. 2. Geography of the Route since Chapter XXXVIII. 3. Kenjanfu or Si-ngan fu; the Christian monument there. 4. Prince Mangala. | ||
| [XLII.] | —Concerning the Province of Cuncun, which is right wearisome to travel through | 31 |
| Note.—The Mountain Road to Southern Shen-si. | ||
| [XLIII.] | —Concerning the Province of Acbalec Manzi | 33 |
| Notes.—1. Geography, and doubts about Acbalec. 2. Further Journey into Sze-ch’wan. | ||
| [XLIV.] | —Concerning the Province of Sindafu | 36 |
| Notes.—1. Ch’êng-tu fu. 2. The Great River or Kiang. 3. The word Comercque. 4. The Bridge-Tolls. 5. Correction of Text. | ||
| [XLV.] | —Concerning the Province of Tebet | 42 |
| Notes.—1. The Part of Tibet and events referred to. 2. Noise of burning bamboos. 3. Road retains its desolate character. 4. Persistence of eccentric manners illustrated. 5. Name of the Musk animal. | ||
| [XLVI.] | —Further Discourse concerning Tebet | 49 |
| Notes.—1. Explanatory. 2. “Or de Paliolle.” 3. Cinnamon. 4. 5. Great Dogs, and Beyamini oxen. | ||
| [XLVII.] | —Concerning the Province of Caindu | 53 |
| Notes.—1. Explanation from Ramusio. 2. Pearls of Inland Waters. 3. Lax manners. 4. Exchange of Salt for Gold. 5. Salt currency. 6. Spiced Wine. 7. Plant like the Clove, spoken of by Polo. Tribes of this Tract. | ||
| [XLVIII.] | —Concerning the Province of Carajan | 64 |
| Notes.—1. Geography of the Route between Sindafu or Ch’êng-tu fu, and Carajan or Yun-nan. 2. Christians and Mahomedans in Yun-nan. 3. Wheat. 4. Cowries. 5. Brine-spring. 6. Parallel. | ||
| [XLIX.] | —Concerning a further part of the Province of Carajan | 76 |
| Notes.—1. City of Talifu. 2. 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 | 84 |
| 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 | 98 |
| 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 | 101 |
| 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 | 106 |
| 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 | 109 |
| 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 | 114 |
| Notes.—1. Polo’s view of Bengal; and details of his account illustrated. 2. Great Cattle. | ||
| [LVI.] | —Discourses of the Province of Caugigu | 116 |
| Note.—A Part of Laos. Papesifu. Chinese Geographical Etymologies. | ||
| [LVII.] | —Concerning the Province of Anin | 119 |
| Notes.—1. The Name. Probable identification of territory. 2. Textual. | ||
| [LVIII.] | —Concerning the Province of Coloman | 122 |
| Notes.—1. The Name. The Kolo-man. 2. Natural defences of Kwei-chau. | ||
| [LIX.] | —Concerning the Province of Cuiju | 124 |
| 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. |