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[4.]The Bridge of Pulisanghin, the Lu-ku-k’iao of the Chinese, reduced from a large Chinese Engraving in the Geographical work called Ki-fu-thung-chi in the Paris Library. I owe the indication of this, and of the Portrait of Kúblái Kaan in vol. i. to notes in M. Pauthier’s edition.
[5.]The Bridge of Pulisanghin. From the Livre des Merveilles.
[8.]Bridge of Lu-ku-k’iao. From a photograph by Count de Semallé.
[9.]Bridge of Lu-ku-k’iao. From a photograph by Count de Semallé.
[19.]The Roi d’Or. Professed Portrait of the Last of the Altun Khans or Kin Emperors of Cathay, from the (fragmentary) Arabic Manuscript of Rashiduddin’s History in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society. This Manuscript is supposed to have been transcribed under the eye of Rashiduddin, and the drawings were probably derived from Chinese originals.
[26.]Plan of Ki-chau, after Duhalde.
[30.]The Cross incised at the head of the Great Christian Inscription of Si-ngan fu (A.D. 781); actual size, from copy of a pencil rubbing made on the original by the Rev. J. Lees. Received from Mr. A. Wylie.
[38.]Diagram to elucidate the cities of Ch’êng-tu fu.
[39.]Plan of Ch’êng-tu. From Marcel Monnier’s Tour d’Asie, by kind permission of M. Plon.
[41.]Bridge near Kwan-hsien (Ch’êng-tu). From Marcel Monnier’s Tour d’Asie, by kind permission of M. Plon.
[47.]Mountaineers on the Borders of Sze-ch’wan and Tibet, from one of the illustrations to Lieut. Garnier’s Narrative (see p. 48). From Tour du Monde.
[50.]Village of Eastern Tibet on Sze-ch’wan Frontier. From Mr. Cooper’s Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce.
[52.]Example of Roads on the Tibetan Frontier of China (being actually a view of the Gorge of the Lan t’sang Kiang). From Mr. Cooper’s Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce.
[55.]The Valley of the Kin-sha Kiang, near the lower end of the Caindu of Marco Polo. From Lieut. Garnier in the Tour du Monde.
[58.]Salt Pans in Yun-nan. From the same.
[61.]Black Lolo.
[62.]White Lolo. From Devéria’s Frontière Sino-annamite.
[66.]Pa-y Script. From the T’oung-Pao.
[68.]Garden-House on the Lake of Yun-nan-fu, Yachi of Polo. From Lieut. Garnier in the Tour du Monde.
[72.]Road descending from the Table-Land of Yun-nan into the Valley of the Kin-sha Kiang (the Brius of Polo). From the same.
[73.]“A Saracen of Carajan,” being the portrait of a Mahomedan Mullah in Western Yun-nan. From the same.
[75.]The Canal at Yun-nan fu. From a photograph by M. Tannant.
[78.]“Riding long like Frenchmen,” exemplified from the Bayeux Tapestry. After Lacroix, Vie Militaire du Moyen Age.
[83.]The Sang-miau tribe of Kwei-chau, with the Cross-bow. From a coloured drawing in a Chinese work on the Aboriginal Tribes, belonging to W. Lockhart, Esq.
[90.]Portraits of a Kakhyen man and woman. Drawn by Q. Cenni from a photograph (anonymous).
[108.]Temple called Gaudapalén in the city of Mien (i.e. Pagán in Burma), erected circa A.D. 1160. Engraving after a sketch by the first Editor, from Fergusson’s History of Architecture.
[111.]The Palace of the King of Mien in modern times (viz., the Palace at Amarapura). From the same, being partly from a sketch by the first Editor.
[118.]Script Pa-pe. From the T’oung-Pao.
[122.]Ho-nhi and other Tribes in the Department of Lin-ngan in S. Yun-nan, supposed to be the Anin country of Marco Polo. From Garnier in the Tour du Monde.
[125.]The Koloman tribe, on borders of Kwei-chau and Yun-nan. From coloured drawing in Mr. Lockhart’s book as above (under p. 83).
[129.]Script thaï of Xieng-hung. From the T’oung-Pao.
[130.]Iron Suspension Bridge at Lowatong. From Garnier in Tour du Monde.
[131.]Fortified Villages on Western Frontier of Kwei-chau. From the same.

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[155.]Yang-chau: the three Cities under the Sung.
[156.]Yang-chau: the Great City under the Sung. From Chinese Plans kindly sent to the present Editor by the late Father H. Havret, S.J., Zi-ka-wei.
[162.]Mediæval Artillery Engines. Figs, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, are Chinese. The first four are from the Encyclopædia San-Thsai-Thou-hoei (Paris Library), the last from Amyot, vol. viii. Figs. 6, 7, 8 are Saracen, 6 and 7 are taken from the work of Reinaud and Favé, Du Feu Grégeois, and by them from the Arabic MS. of Hassan al Raumah (Arab Anc. Fonds, No. 1127). Fig. 8 is from Lord Munster’s Arabic Catalogue of Military Works, and by him from a MS. of Rashiduddin’s History. The remainder are European. Fig. 9 is from Pertz, Scriptores, vol. xviii., and by him from a figure of the Siege of Arbicella, 1227, in a MS. of Genoese Annals (No. 773, Supp. Lat. of Bib. Imp.). Fig. 10 from Shaw’s Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, vol. i., No. 21, after B. Mus. MS. Reg. 16, G. vi. Fig. 11 from Pertz as above, under A.D. 1182. Fig. 12, from Valturius de Re Militari, Verona, 1483. Figs. 13 and 14 from the Poliorceticon of Justus Lipsius. Fig. 15 is after the Bodleian MS. of the Romance of Alexander (A.D. 1338), but is taken from the Gentleman’s Magazine, 3rd ser. vol. vii. p. 467. Fig. 16 from Lacroix’s Art au Moyen Age, after a miniature of 13th cent. in the Paris Library. Figs. 17 and 18 from the Emperor Napoleon’s Études de l’Artillerie, and by him taken from the MS. of Paulus Santinus (Lat. MS. 7329 in Paris Library). Fig. 19 from Professor Moseley’s restoration of a Trebuchet, after the data in the Mediæval Note-book of Villars de Honcourt, in Gentleman’s Magazine as above. Figs. 20 and 21 from the Emperor’s Book. Fig. 22 from a German MS. in the Bern Library, the Chronicle of Justinger and Schilling.
[169.]Coin from a treasure hidden during the siege of Siang-yang in 1268–73, and lately discovered in that city.
[172.]Island Monasteries on the Yang-tzŭ kiang; viz.:— 1. Uppermost. The “Little Orphan Rock,” after a cut in Oliphant’s Narrative. 2. Middle. The “Golden Island” near Chin-kiang fu, after Fisher’s China. (This has been accidentally reversed in the drawing.) 3. Lower. The “Silver Island,” below the last, after Mr. Lindley’s book on the T’ai-P’ings.
[177.]The West Gate of Chin-kiang fu. From an engraving in Fisher’s China after a sketch made by Admiral Stoddart, R.N., in 1842.
[183.]South-West Gate and Water Gate of Su-chau; facsimile on half scale from the incised Map of 1247. (See List of Inserted Plates preceding, under p. 182.)
[193.]The old Luh-ho-ta or Pagoda of Six Harmonies near Hang-chau, and anciently marking the extreme S.W. angle of the city. Drawn by Q. Cenni from an anonymous photograph received from the Rev. G. Moule.
[196.]Imperial City of Hang-chau in the 13th Century.
[197.]Metropolitan City of Hang-chau in the 13th Century. From the Notes of the Right Rev. G. E. Moule.
[209.]Fang of Si-ngan Fu. Communicated by A. Wylie.
[212.]Stone Chwang or Umbrella Column, one of two which still mark the site of the ancient Buddhist Monastery called Fan-T’ien-Sze or “Brahma’s Temple” at Hang-chau. Reduced from a pen-and-ink sketch by Mr. Moule.
[223.]Mr. Phillips’ Theory of Marco Polo’s Route through Fo-Kien.
[228.]Scene in the Bohea Mountains, on Polo’s route between Kiang-Si and Fo-Kien. From Fortune’s Three Years’ Wanderings.
[233.]Scene on the Min River below Fu-chau. From the same.
[245.]The Kaan’s Fleet leaving the Port of Zayton. The scenery is taken from an engraving in Fisher’s China, purporting to represent the mouth of the Chinchew River (or River of Tswan-chau), after a sketch by Capt. (now Adm.) Stoddart. But the Rev. Dr. Douglas, having pointed out that this cut really supported his view of the identity of Zayton, being a view of the Chang-chau River, reference was made to Admiral Stoddart, and Dr. Douglas proves to be quite right. The View was really one of the Chang-chau River; but the Editor has not been able to procure material for one of the Tswan-chau River, and so he leaves it.

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[248.]The Kaan’s Fleet passing through the Indian Archipelago. From a drawing by the Editor.
[254.]Ancient Japanese Emperor, after a Native Drawing. From the Tour du Monde.
[257.]Ancient Japanese Archer, after a native drawing. From the same.
[261.]The Japanese engaged in combat with the Chinese, after an ancient native drawing. From Charton, Voyageurs Anciens et Modernes.
[273.]Java. A view in the interior. From a sketch of the slopes of the Gedéh Volcano, taken by the Editor in 1860.
[274.]Bas Relief of one of the Vessels frequenting the Ports of Java in the Middle Ages. From one of the sculptures of the Boro Bodor, after a photograph.
[289.]The three Asiatic Rhinoceroses. Adapted from a proof of a woodcut given to the Editor for the purpose by the late eminent zoologist, Edward Blyth. It is not known to the Editor whether the cut appeared in any other publication.
[291.]Monoceros and the Maiden. From a mediæval drawing engraved in Cahier et Martin, Mélanges d’Archéologie, II. Pl. 30.
[310.]The Borús. From a manuscript belonging to the late Charles Schefer, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
[311.]The Cynocephali. From the Livre des Merveilles.
[321.]Adam’s Peak from the Sea.
[327.]Sakya Muni as a Saint of the Roman Martyrology. Facsimile from an old German version of the story of Barlaam and Josaphat (circa 1477), printed by Zainer at Augsburg, in the British Museum.
[330.]Tooth Reliques of Buddha. 1. At Kandy, after Emerson Tennent. 2. At Fu-chau, after Fortune.
[336.]“Chinese Pagoda” (so called) at Negapatam. From a sketch taken by Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I., in 1846.
[352.]Pagoda at Tanjore. From Fergusson’s History of Architecture.
[353.]Ancient Cross with Pehlvi Inscription, preserved in the church on St. Thomas’s Mount near Madras. From a photograph, the gift of A. Burnell, Esq., of the Madras Civil Service, assisted by a lithographic drawing in his unpublished pamphlet on Pehlvi Crosses in South India. N.B.—The lithograph has now appeared in the Indian Antiquary, November, 1874.
[356.]The Little Mount of St. Thomas, near Madras. After Daniel.
[358.]Small Map of the St. Thomas localities at Madras.
[378.]Ancient Christian Church at Parúr or Palúr, on the Malabar Coast; from an engraving in Pearson’s Life of Claudius Buchanan, after a sketch by the latter.
[379.]Syrian Church at Caranyachirra, showing the quasi-Jesuit Façade generally adopted in modern times. From the Life of Bishop Daniel Wilson.
[379.]Interior of Syrian Church at Kötteiyam. From the same.
[384.]Cape Comorin. From an original sketch by Mr. Foote of the Geological Survey of India.
[387.]Mount d’Ely. From a nautical sketch of last century.
[393.]Mediæval Architecture in Guzerat, being a view of Gateway at Jinjawára, given in Forbes’s Ras Mala. From Fergusson’s History of Architecture.
[399.]The Gates of Somnath (so called), as preserved in the British Arsenal at Agra. From a photograph by Messrs. Shepherd and Bourne, converted into an elevation.
[415.]The Rukh, after a Persian drawing. From Lane’s Arabian Nights.
[416.]Frontispiece of A. Müller’s Marco Polo, showing the Bird Rukh.
[425.]The Ethiopian Sheep. From a sketch by Miss Catherine Frere.
[441.]View of Aden in 1840. From a sketch by Dr. R. Kirk in the Map-room of the Royal Geographical Society.
[447.]The Harvest of Frankincense in Arabia. Facsimile of an engraving in Thevet’s Cosmographie Universelle (1575). Reproduced from Cassell’s Bible Educator, by the courtesy of the publishers.
[448.]Boswellia Frereana, from a drawing by Mr. W. H. Fitch. The use of this engraving is granted by the India Museum through the kindness of Sir George Birdwood.
[453.]A Persian Bád-gír, or Wind-Catcher. From a drawing in the Atlas to Hommaire de Hell’s Persia. Engraved by Adeney.