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-sze 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.
