Chapter Xxxviii._ 3. _kenjanfu or Si-Ngan Fu; the

Christian monument there. 4. Prince Mangala._

XLII.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUNCUN, WHICH IS RIGHT WEARISOME TO TRAVEL THROUGH 31

NOTE.—The Mountain Road to Southern Shen-si.

XLIII.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ACBALEC MANZI 33

NOTES.—1. Geography, and doubts about Acbalec. 2. Further Journey into Sze-ch’wan.

XLIV.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF SINDAFU 36

NOTES.—1. Ch’êng-tu fu. 2. The Great River or |Kiang|. 3. The word |Comercque|. 4. The Bridge-Tolls. 5. Correction of Text.

XLV.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TEBET 42

NOTES.—1. The Part of Tibet and events referred to. 2. Noise of burning bamboos. 3. Road retains its desolate character. 4. Persistence of eccentric manners illustrated. 5. Name of the Musk animal.

XLVI.—FURTHER DISCOURSE CONCERNING TEBET 49

NOTES.—1. Explanatory. 2. “Or de Paliolle.” 3. Cinnamon. 4. 5. Great Dogs, and |Beyamini| oxen.

XLVII.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CAINDU 53

NOTES.—1. Explanation from Ramusio. 2. Pearls of Inland Waters. 3. Lax manners. 4. Exchange of Salt for Gold. 5. Salt currency. 6. Spiced Wine. 7. Plant like the Clove, spoken of by Polo. Tribes of this Tract.

XLVIII.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CARAJAN 64

NOTES.—1. Geography of the Route between Sindafu or Ch’êng-tu fu, and Carajan or Yun-nan. 2. Christians and Mahomedans in Yun-nan. 3. Wheat. 4. Cowries. 5. Brine-spring. 6. Parallel.

XLIX.—CONCERNING A FURTHER PART OF THE PROVINCE OF CARAJAN 76

NOTES.—1. City of Talifu. 2. Gold. 3. Crocodiles. 4. Yun-nan horses and riders. Arms of the Aboriginal Tribes. 5. Strange superstition and parallels.

L.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ZARDANDAN 84

NOTES.—1. Carajan and Zardandan. 2. The Gold-Teeth. 3. Male Indolence. 4. The Couvade. (See App. L. 8.) 5. Abundance of Gold. Relation of Gold to Silver. 6. Worship of the Ancestor. 7. Unhealthiness of the climate. 8. Tallies. 9.–12. Medicine-men or Devil-dancers; extraordinary identity of practice in various regions.

LI.—WHEREIN IS RELATED HOW THE KING OF MIEN AND BANGALA VOWED VENGEANCE AGAINST THE GREAT KAAN 98

NOTES.—1. Chronology. 2. Mien or Burma. Why the King may have been called King of Bengal also. 3. Numbers alleged to have been carried on elephants.

LII.—OF THE BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT BY THE GREAT KAAN’S HOST AND HIS SENESCHAL AGAINST THE KING OF MIEN 101

NOTES.—1. Nasruddin. 2. Cyrus’s Camels. 3. Chinese Account of the Action. General Correspondence of the Chinese and Burmese Chronologies.

LIII.—OF THE GREAT DESCENT THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF MIEN 106

NOTES.—1. Market-days. 2. Geographical difficulties.

LIV.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF MIEN, AND THE TWO TOWERS THAT ARE THEREIN, ONE OF GOLD, AND THE OTHER OF SILVER 109

NOTES.—1. Amien. 2. Chinese Account of the Invasion of Burma. Comparison with Burmese Annals. The City intended. The Pagodas. 3. Wild Oxen.

LV.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF BANGALA 114

NOTES.—1. Polo’s view of Bengal; and details of his account illustrated. 2. Great Cattle.

LVI.—DISCOURSES OF THE PROVINCE OF CAUGIGU 116

NOTE.—A Part of Laos. Papesifu. Chinese Geographical Etymologies.

LVII.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ANIN 119

NOTES.—1. The Name. Probable identification of territory. 2. Textual.

LVIII.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF COLOMAN 122

NOTES.—1. The Name. The Kolo-man. 2. Natural defences of Kwei-chau.

LIX.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CUIJU 124

NOTES.—1. Kwei-chau. Phungan-lu. 2. Grass-cloth. 3. Tigers. 4. Great Dogs. 5. Silk. 6. Geographical Review of the Route since Chapter LV. 7. Return to Juju.

BOOK SECOND. (Continued.)