Contains, Not One Only, But At Least Seven Of The Passages Otherwise Peculiar To Ramusio, And Must Have Been One Of The Elements That Went To The Formation Of His Text.

Yet of his more important interpolations, such as the chapter on Ahmad's oppressions and the additional matter on the City of Kinsay, there is no indication.

The seven passages alluded to are as follows; the words corresponding to Ramusian peculiarities are in italics, the references are to my own volumes.

1. In the chapter on Georgia:

"Mare quod dicitur Gheluchelan vel ABACU"....

"Est ejus stricta via et dubia. Ab una parte est mare quod dixi de ABACU et ab alia nemora invia," etc. (See I. p. 59, note 8.)

2. "Et ibi optimi austures dicti AVIGI" (I. 50).

3. After the chapter on Mosul is another short chapter, already alluded to:

"Prope hanc civitatem (est) alia provincia dicta MUS e MEREDIEN in qua nascitur magna quantitas bombacis, et hic fiunt bocharini et alia multa, et sunt mercatores homines et artiste." (See i. p. 60.)

4. In the chapter on Tarcan (for Carcan, i.e. Yarkand):

"Et maior pars horum habent unum ex pedibus grossum et habent gosum in gula; et est hic fertilis contracta." (See i. p. 187.)

5. In the Desert of Lop:

"Homines trasseuntes appendunt bestiis suis capanullas [i.e. campanellas] ut ipsas senciant et ne deviare possint" (i. p. 197.)

6. "Ciagannor, quod sonat in Latino STAGNUM ALBUM." (i. p. 296.)

7. "Et in medio hujus viridarii est palacium sive logia, tota super columpnas.

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