Textual.
XLV. - OF THE CITY OF ETZINA
NOTES. - 1. Position of Yetsina. 2. Textual. 3. The Wild Ass of Mongolia.
XLVI. - OF THE CITY OF CARACORON
NOTES. - 1. Karakorum. 2. Tartar. 3. Chorcha. 4. Prester John.
XLVII. - OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS
NOTES. - 1. Chronology. 2. Relations between Chinghiz and Aung Khan, the
Prester John of Polo.
XLVIII. - HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN
XLIX. - HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS
NOTES. - 1. Plain of Tanduc. 2. Divination by Twigs and Arrows.
L. - THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN. DEATH OF CHINGHIS
NOTE. - Real circumstances and date of the Death of Chinghiz.
LI. - OF THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER CHINGHIS KAAN, AND OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE
TARTARS
NOTES. - 1. Origin of the Cambuscan of Chaucer. 2. Historical Errors.
3. The Place of Sepulture of Chinghiz. 4. Barbarous Funeral
Superstition.
LII. - CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS
NOTES. - 1. Tartar Huts. 2. Tartar Waggons. 3. Pharaoh's Rat. 4. Chastity
of the Women. 5. Polygamy and Marriage Customs.
LIII. - CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS
NOTES. - 1. The old Tartar idols. 2. Kumiz.
LIV. - CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR
NOTES. - 1. Tartar Arms. 2. The Decimal Division of their Troops.
3. Textual. 4. Blood-drinking. 5. Kurut, or Tartar Curd. 6. The Mongol
military rapidity and terrorism. 7. Corruption of their Nomade
simplicity.
LV. - CONCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TARTARS
NOTES. - 1. The Cudgel. 2. Punishment of Theft. 3. Marriage of the Dead.
4. Textual.
LVI. - SUNDRY PARTICULARS ON THE PLAIN BEYOND CARACORON
NOTES. - 1. Textual. 2. Bargu, the Mecrit, the Reindeer, and Chase of
Water-fowl. 3. The bird Barguerlac, the Syrrhaptes. 4. Gerfalcons.
LVII. - OF THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL, AND PROVINCE OF SINJU
NOTES. - 1. Erguiul. 2. Siningfu. 3. The Yak. 4. The Musk Deer.
5. Reeves's Pheasant.
LVIII. - OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA
NOTES. - 1. Egrigaia. 2. Calachan 3. White Camels, and Camlets:
Siclatoun.
LIX. - CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF PRESTER
JOHN
NOTES. - 1. The name and place Tenduc. King George. 2. Standing Marriage
Compact. The title Gurgan. 3. Azure. 4. The terms Argon and
Guasmul. The Dungens. 5. The Rampart of Gog and Magog. 6. Tartary
cloths. 7. Siuen-hwa fu.
LX. - CONCERNING THE KAAN'S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR.
NOTES. - 1. Palace. 2. The word Sesnes. 3. Chagan-nor. 4. The five
species of Crane described by Polo. 5. The word Cator.
LXI. - OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN'S PALACE THERE
NOTES. - 1. Two Roads. 2. Chandu, properly Shangtu. 3. Leopards. 4. The
Bamboo Palace. Uses of the Bamboo. 5. Kublai's Annual Migration to
Shangtu. 6. The White Horses. The Oirad Tribe. 7. The Mare's Milk
Festival. 8. Weather Conjuring. 9. Ascription of Cannibalism to
Tibetans, etc. 10. The term Bacsi. 11. Magical Feats ascribed to the
Lamas. 12. Lamas. 13. Vast extent of Lama Convents. 14. Married Lamas.
15. Bran.
