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XCii   INDEX.

Saru River in China, 477 ; in India,

ib.

Sas, a remote country of Africa, clxix

seqq.

Satganw, cclii, 458

Sati, for a wealthy merchant, the word,

480

Satin, derivation of word, 486

Saumah, see Sommi.

Sayad, ccxxxvi

Schall, Adam, 536

Scherpi (?), 58

Schiltberger's mention of Cathay,

cxxxvi

Schlagintweit, Adolf, 567

Schlagintweits, their map of Central

Asia, ccxxxi seqq.

Sciapodce, Marignolli accounts for

story of, 379, 381

Scibetto, the word, 293

Scierno, Cernoue (Shahr-i-nau),

cxxxviii, 165

Scio, Tame partridges at, 45

Sclavonia (in Rumilia), 231

Scotus, Johannes, on Paradise, 346

Scripture criticisms by Marignolli,353,

364

Sculls, goblets of paternal, in Tibet,

150-1-2

Sea of Andaman, civ

•   of Bacuc (Caspian), 50, see Baku

•   of Sand, 52

•   of Harkand, ciii

•   of India, 215

•   of Lar, ciii

•   of Persia, ciii

, Erythrman, Periplus of, see P.

• trade between China and India, lxxvi ; and Persian Gulf, ]xxvii seqq.

Seal employed in fishing, 112 Segilmessa, 397, 428

Sejistan, Seistan, a Nestorian Archbishopric, ccxlv, 179, lxxxvii

Semedo, Alvarez, finds traces of former Christianity in China, c ; extract from, regarding monument of Singanfu, clxxxi

Semiramis, story of, 388

Semiscat, Semiscant (Samarkand), 192

Sempad, constable of Armenia, cxxvii Semur, city of, 193

Seneca on Seres, xxxix ; on silk textures, cliv

Sengkili, an Indian State in Chinese Annals, lxxxvi-vii, 75

Sequin, Venetian, 443

Sera, xl, cxlvii, cl

Serendib, ciii, 422 ; see Ceylon

Seres, xxxiii, xxx;x seqq. ; result of

ancient notices, xli ; their embassy to Augustus, xlii; connexion with silk and silkworm, xliv ; fabulous views of ancients about these, ib. ; extracts from Ptolemy about, cxlvi seqq.; from `Lela, cliii; from Pliny, cliii seqq. ; from Pausanias, clvii; from Ammianus Marc., clviii; from Theophanes, clx

Seria, clviii

Serice, xl, cxlvi ; land route to, cxlvii ;

boundaries, cli ; Alexander in, ccxlv

Sericum, possible origin of, xliv ;

etymology according to Rubruquis,

cxxv

Serinda, xlvi, clix

Sermessacalo, 47, 300

Serpanil, 561-2

Serpents eaten in China, 107 ; how

they go half-erect, 353

Sesadœ, cxliv

Sestoria, the word, 94

Seth and the wood of the cross, legend

of, 365

Sethu, "the Bridge" at Ramisseram,

218

Pati, 218

Seven Seas, what, 314

   Pagodas, lxxvi, ccxxx

Seyllan (Ceylon, q. v.), 346

Shabar, son of Kaidu, 523

Shabat or Shabait of Nikitin, 324 Shagnan, ccxxxiii seqq.

Shah Jalal, 515 seqq.; see Jalaluddin Shah Rukh's embassy to China, cxl;

abstract of with notes, cxcix, 138,

575

Shahr-i-nau (Gaur), cxxxviii, 465 Shaikh of Islam, 429

   mysterious, at Sinkalan, 490

seqq.

Shakyar, 571

Shali, stuffs so called, 454

Shaliyat, 75, 454

Shan embassies, as from Mongol

sovereigns, 313; to China, 564,

582

Shamirama Kerta, 3•03

Shanju (Chincheu), cxciii •

Shangtu, the Khan's Summer Palace

at, 134, 260

Shans, 273

Sharkhu, cxiv

Shatpal, Pass of, 593

Shibrtu, Pass of, 592, 594

Shihabuddin, Shaikh, put to death by

Mahomed Tughlak, 409

Shihoangti, Emperor, xxxvii

Shikini, ccxxxvi