Direction of the Tour. 2. Hawking Establishments. 3. The word
Toskaul. 4. The word Bularguchi. 5. Kublai's Litter. 6. Kachar
Modun. 7. The Kaan's Great Tents. 8. The Sable and Ermine. 9. Petis de
la Croix.
XXI. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN, ON RETURNING FROM HIS HUNTING EXPEDITION, HOLDS
A GREAT COURT AND ENTERTAINMENT
NOTE. - This chapter peculiar to the 2nd Type of MSS.
XXII. - CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC, AND ITS GREAT TRAFFIC AND
POPULATION
NOTES. - 1. Suburbs of Peking. 2. The word Fondaco.
XXIII. - [CONCERNING THE OPPRESSIONS OF ACHMATH THE BAILO, AND THE PLOT
THAT WAS FORMED AGAINST HIM]
NOTES. - 1. Chapter peculiar to Ramusio. 2. Kublai's Administration. The
Rise of Ahmad. 3. The term Bailo. 4. The Conspiracy against Ahmad as
related by Gaubil from the Chinese. 5. Marco's presence and upright
conduct commemorated in the Chinese Annals. The Kaan's prejudice against
Mahomedans.
XXIV. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSETH THE BARK OF TREES, MADE INTO SOMETHING
LIKE PAPER, TO PASS FOR MONEY OVER ALL HIS COUNTRY
NOTE. - Chinese Paper Currency.
XXV. - CONCERNING THE TWELVE BARONS WHO ARE SET OVER ALL THE AFFAIRS OF THE
GREAT KAAN
NOTE. - The Ministers of the Mongol Dynasty. The term Sing.
XXVI. - HOW THE KAAN'S POSTS AND RUNNERS ARE SPED THROUGH MANY LANDS AND
PROVINCES
NOTES. - 1. Textual. 2. The word Yam. 3. Government Hostelries.
4. Digression from Ramusio. 5. Posts Extraordinary. 6. Discipline of the
Posts. 7. Antiquity of Posts in China, etc.
XXVII. - HOW THE EMPEROR BESTOWS HELP ON HIS PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE
AFFLICTED WITH DEARTH OR MURRAIN
NOTE. - Kublai's remissions, and justice.
XXVIII. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES TREES TO BE PLANTED BY THE HIGHWAYS
NOTE. - Kublai's Avenues.
XXIX. - CONCERNING THE RICE-WINE DRUNK BY THE PEOPLE OF CATHAY
NOTE. - Rice-wine.
XXX. - CONCERNING THE BLACK STONES THAT ARE DUG IN CATHAY, AND ARE BURNT
FOR FUEL
NOTE. - Distribution and Consumption of Coal in China.
XXXI. - HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES STORES OF CORN TO BE MADE, TO HELP HIS
PEOPLE WITHAL IN TIME OF DEARTH
NOTE. - The Chinese Public Granaries.
XXXII. - OF THE CHARITY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE POOR.
NOTE. - Buddhist influence, and Chinese Charities.
XXXIII. - [CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE CITY OF CAMBALUC]
NOTES. - 1. The word Tacuin. - The Chinese Almanacs. The Observatory.
2. The Chinese and Mongol Cycle.
XXXIV. - [CONCERNING THE RELIGION OF THE CATHAYANS; THEIR VIEWS AS TO THE
SOUL; AND THEIR CUSTOMS]
NOTES. - 1. Textual. 2. Do. 3. Exceptions to the general charge of
Irreligion brought against the Chinese. 4. Politeness. 5. Filial Piety.
6. Pocket Spitoons.
EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I.
INSERTED PLATES AND MAPS.
Portrait of Sir HENRY YULE. From the Painting by Mr. T. B. Wirgman, in the
Royal Engineers' Mess House at Chatham.
Illuminated Title, with Medallion representing the POLOS ARRIVING AT
VENICE after 26 years' absence, and being refused admittance to the Family
Mansion; as related by Ramusio, p. 4 of Introductory Essay. Drawn by
Signor QUINTO CENNI, No. 7 Via Solferino, Milan; from a Design by the
Editor.
DOORWAY of the HOUSE of MARCO POLO in the Corte Sabbionera at Venice.
Woodcut from a drawing by Signor L. ROSSO, Venice.
Corte del Milione, Venice.
Malibran Theatre, Venice.
Entrance to the Corte del Milione, Venice. From photographs taken for the
present editor, by Signor NAYA.
Figures from St. Sabba's, sent to Venice. From a photograph of Signor
NAYA.
Church of SAN MATTEO, at Genoa.
Palazzo di S. Giorgio, at Genoa.
Miracle of S. Lorenzo. From the Painting by V. CARPACCIO.
Facsimile of the WILL of MARCO POLO, preserved in St. Mark's Library.
Lithographed from a photograph specially taken by Bertani at Venice.
Pavement in front of S. Lorenzo.
Mosaic Portrait of Marco Polo, at Genoa.
The Pseudo Marco Polo at Canton.
Porcelain Incense-Burner, from the Louvre.
Temple of 500 Genii, at Canton, after a drawing by FELIX REGAMEY.
Probable view of MARCO POLO'S OWN GEOGRAPHY: a Map of the World, formed as
far as possible from the Traveller's own data. Drawn by the Editor.
Part of the Catalan Map of 1375.
Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. 1. WESTERN ASIA. This includes also "Sketch
showing the chief Monarchies of Asia, in the latter part of the 13th
century."
Map illustrating the geographical position of the CITY of SARAI. Plan of
part of the remains of the same city. Reduced from a Russian plan
published by M. Grigorieff.
Reduced FACSIMILE of the BUDDHIST INSCRIPTION of the Mongol Era, on the
Archway at KIU-YONG KWAN in the Pass of Nan-k'au, north-west of Peking,
showing the characters in use under the Mongol Dynasty. Photogravure from
the Recueil des documents de l'Epoque Mongole, by H.H. Prince ROLAND
BONAPARTE. See an Article by Mr. Wylie in the J. R. A. S. for 1870, p.
14.
Plan of AYAS, the Laias of Polo. From an Admiralty Chart. Plan of
position of DILAWAR, the supposed site of the Dilavar of Polo. Ext.
from a Survey by Lt.-Col. D. G. Robinson, R.E.
Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. II. Routes between KERMAN and HORMUZ.
Marco Polo's Itineraries, No. III. Regions on and near the UPPER OXUS.
Heading, in the old Chinese seal-character, of an INSCRIPTION on a
Memorial raised by Kublai Kaan to a Buddhist Ecclesiastic, in the vicinity
of his summer-palace at SHANGTU in Mongolia. Reduced from a facsimile
obtained on the spot by Dr. S. W. Bushell, 1872, and by him lent to the
Editor.
The CHO-KHANG. The grand Temple of Buddha at Lhasa, from The Journey to
Lhasa, by SARAT CHANDRA DAS, by kind permission of the Royal Geographical
Society.
"Table d'Or de Commandement;" the PAIZA of the MONGOLS, from a specimen
found in Siberia. Reduced to one-half the scale of the original, from an
engraving in a paper by I. J. Schmidt in the Bulletin de la Classe
Historico-Philologique de l'Acad. Imp. des Sciences, St. Petersbourg, tom.
iv. No. 9.
Second Example of a Mongol Paiza with superscription in the Uighur
character, found near the Dnieper River, 1845.
