- E [2] It Is Exceedingly Difficult, Or Rather Impossible, To Trace The Steps Of The Travels Of Rubruquis, For Want Of Latitudes, Longitudes, And Distances, And Names Of Places.

After passing the Volga and Ural or Jaik, he seems to have travelled east in the country of the Kirguses, somewhere about the latitude of 50 deg..

N. to between the longitudes of 65 deg.. and 70 deg.. E. then to have struck to the south across the Kisik-tag into Western Turkestan, in which the cultivated vale may have been on the Tshui or the Talas rivers. - E

[3] Probably near the north side of the Arguin or Alak mountains. - E.

[4] This position of Rubruquis is sufficiently distinct: Having ferried over the river Tshui, and crossed the Jimbai mountains, the route now lay between the Alak mountain on his right, or to the south, and the lake of Balkash or Palkati Nor, to the left or north. - E.

[5] The Kisik-tag, which he had before passed in descending into Western Turkestan. - E.

[6] This absurd derivation of the name of the country and people, is unworthy of credit. Organum was probably the country called Irgonekan or Irganakon by Abulgari; and the word signifies a valley surrounded by steep mountains, exactly correspondent with the description in the text. - Forst.

[7] The Contomanni or Kontomanians, were probably a Mongal tribe, originally inhabiting the banks of the Konta or Khonda, who had afterwards settled on the banks of the river Ili and lake of Balkash. - Forst.

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