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2. Geographical difficulties.
LIV.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF MIEN, AND THE TWO

TOWERS THAT ARE THEREIN, ONE OF GOLD, AND THE
OTHER OF SILVER
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
NOTES.--1. Polo's view of Bengal; and details of his account
illustrated. 2. Great Cattle.
LVI.--DISCOURSES OF THE PROVINCE OF CAUGIGU
NOTE.--A Part of Laos. Papesifu. Chinese Geographical Etymologies.
LVII.--CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ANIN
NOTES.--1. The Name. Probable identification of territory. 2. Textual.
LVIII.--CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF COLOMAN
NOTES.--1. The Name. The Kolo-man. 2. Natural defences of
Kwei-chau.
LIX.--CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUIJU
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.

BOOK SECOND.
(Continued.)

PART III.
Journey Southward through Eastern Provinces of Cathay and Manzi.
LX.--CONCERNING THE CITIES OF CACANFU AND CHANGLU
NOTES.--1. Pauthier's Identifications. 2. Changlu. The Burning of the
Dead ascribed to the Chinese.
LXI.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF CHINANGLI, AND THAT OF
TADINFU, AND THE REBELLION OF LITAN

NOTES.--1. T'si-nan fu. 2. Silk of Shan-tung. 3. Title Sangon. 4. Agul
and Mangkutai. 5. History of Litan's Revolt.
LXII.--CONCERNING THE NOBLE CITY OF SINJUMATU
NOTE.--The City intended. The Great Canal.
LXIII.--CONCERNING THE CITIES OF LINJU AND PIJU
NOTES.--1. Linju. 2. Piju.
LXIV.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF SIJU, AND THE GREAT
RIVER CARAMORAN
NOTES.--1. Siju. 2. The Hwang-Ho and its changes. 3. Entrance to
Manzi; that name for Southern China.
LXV.--HOW THE GREAT KAAN CONQUERED THE PROVINCE
OF MANZI
NOTES.--1. Meaning and application of the title Faghfur. 2. Chinese
self-devotion. 3. Bayan the Great Captain. 4. His lines of Operation. 5.
The Juggling Prophecy. 6. The Fall of the Sung Dynasty. 7. Exposure
of Infants, and Foundling Hospitals.
LXVI.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF COIGANJU
NOTE.--Hwai-ngan fu.
LXVII.--OF THE CITIES OF PAUKIN AND CAYU
NOTE.--Pao-yng and Kao-yu.
LXVIII.--OF THE CITIES OF TIJU, TINJU, AND YANJU
NOTES.--1. Cities between the Canal and the Sea. 2. Yang-chau. 3.
Marco Polo's Employment at this City.
LXIX.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF NANGHIN

NOTE.--Ngan-king.
LXX.--CONCERNING THE VERY NOBLE CITY OF SAIANFU,
AND HOW ITS CAPTURE WAS EFFECTED
NOTES.--1. and 2. Various Readings. 3. Digression on the Military
Engines of the Middle Ages. 4. Mangonels of Coeur de Lion. 5.
Difficulties connected with Polo's Account of this Siege.
LXXI.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF SINJU AND THE GREAT
RIVER KIAN
NOTES.--1. I-chin hien. 2. The Great Kiang. 3. Vast amount of tonnage
on Chinese Waters. 4. Size of River Vessels. 5. Bamboo Tow-lines. 6.
Picturesque Island Monasteries.
LXXII.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAIJU
NOTES.--1. Kwa-chau. 2. The Grand Canal and Rice-Transport. 3. The
Golden Island.
LXXIII.--OF THE CITY OF CHINGHIANFU
NOTE.--Chin-kiang fu. Mar Sarghis, the Christian Governor.
LXXIV.--OF THE CITY OF CHINGINJU AND THE SLAUGHTER
OF CERTAIN ALANS THERE
NOTES.--1. Chang-chau. 2. Employment of Alans in the Mongol
Service. 3. The Chang-chau Massacre. Mongol Cruelties.
LXXV.--OF THE NOBLE CITY OF SUJU
NOTES.--1. Su-chau. 2. Bridges of that part of China. 3. Rhubarb; its
mention here seems erroneous. 4. The Cities of Heaven and Earth.
Ancient incised Plan of Su-chau. 5. Hu-chau, Wu-kiang and Kya-hing.
LXXVI.--DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT CITY OF KINSAY,
WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF

MANZI
NOTES.--1. King-szé now Hang-chau. 2. The circuit ascribed to the
City; the Bridges. 3. Hereditary Trades. 4. The Si-hu or Western Lake.
5. Dressiness of the People. 6. Charitable Establishments. 7. Paved
roads. 8. Hot and Cold Baths. 9. Kanpu, and the Hang-chau Estuary. 10.
The Nine Provinces of Manzi. 11. The Kaan's Garrisons in Manzi. 12.
Mourning costume. 13. 14. Tickets recording inmates of houses.
LXXVII.--[FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE
GREAT CITY OF KINSAY.] (From Ramusio only.)
NOTES.--1. Remarks on these supplementary details. 2. Tides in the
Hang-chau Estuary. 3. Want of a good Survey of Hang-chau. The
Squares. 4. Marco ignores pork. 5. Great Pears: Peaches. 6. Textual. 7.
Chinese use of Pepper. 8. Chinese claims to a character for Good Faith.
9. Pleasure-parties on the Lake. 10. Chinese Carriages. 11. The Sung
Emperor. 12. The Sung Palace. Extracts regarding this Great City from
other mediaeval writers, European and Asiatic. Martini's Description.
LXXVIII.--TREATING OF THE YEARLY REVENUE THAT THE
GREAT KAAN HATH FROM KINSAY
NOTES.--1. Textual. 2. Calculations as to the values spoken of.
LXXIX.--OF THE CITY OF TANPIJU AND OTHERS
NOTES.--1. Route from Hang-chau southward. 2. Bamboos. 3.
Identification of places. Chang-shan the key to the route.
LXXX.--CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF FUJU
NOTES.--1. "Fruit like Saffron." 2. 3. Cannibalism ascribed to
Mountain Tribes on this route. 4 Kien-ning fu. 5. Galingale. 6. Fleecy
Fowls. 7. Details of the Journey in Fo-kien and various readings. 8.
Unken. Introduction of Sugar-refining into China.
LXXXI.--CONCERNING THE GREATNESS OF THE CITY OF

FUJU
NOTES.--1. The name _Chonka_, applied to Fo-kien