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Citation Information
XCiV SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAP.
XI.-CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC . 374
NOTES-I. Chronology, etc., of Peking. 2. The City Wall. 3. Changes in the Extent of the City. 4. Its ground plan. 5. Aspect. 6. Public Towers. 7. Addition from Ramusio.
XII.-How THE GREAT KAAN MAINTAINS A GUARD OF TWELVE THOUSAND HORSE, WHICH ARE CALLED
KESHICAN . • 379
NOTE. -The term Quescican.
XIII.-THE FASHION OF THE GREAT KAAN'S TABLE AT HIS
HIGH FEASTS . . . . . . . . 381
NOTES.-I. Order of the Tables. 2. The word Vernique. 3. The Buffet of Liquors. 4. The superstition of the Threshold. 5. Chinese Etiquettes. 6. Jugglers at the Banquet.
XI V.-CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND
KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY . . . 386
NOTES.-I. The Chinese Year. 2. "Beaten Gold." 3. Textual. Festal changes of costume. 4. Festivals.
XV.-OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY . • • 390
NOTES.-I. The White Month. 2. Mystic value of the number 9. 3. Elephants at Peking. 4. Adoration of Tablets. K'o-tow. XVI.-CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS WHO RECEIVE ROBES OF CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS, THIRTEEN
CHANGES A-PIECE ▪ 394
NOTES.-I. Textual. 2. The words Camut and Borgal. 3. Tame Lions.
XVII.-HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO
SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME . . . 396
NOTE. -Parallel Passage.
XV I I I.-O F THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND WOLVES THAT THE
KAAN KEEPS FOR THE CHASE . . ▪ 397
NOTES.-I. The Cheeta or Hunting- Leopard. 2. Lynxes. 3. The Tiger, termed Lion by Polo. 4. The Búrgút Eagle. XIX.-CONCERNING THE Two BROTHERS WHO HAVE CHARGE
OF THE KAAN'S HOUNDS . .
NOTE. - The Masters of the Hounds, and their title.
XX. -HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDI-
TION .
400
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NOTES. -I. Direction of the Tour. 2. Hawking Establishments.
3. The word Toskáúl. 4. The word Bularguchi. 5.
Kúbldi's Litter. 6. Kachar Modun. 7. The Kaan's Great
Tents. 8. The Sable and Ermine. 9. Pais de la Croix.
XXI.-How THE GREAT KAAN, ON RETURNING FROM HIS
HUNTING EXPEDITION, HOLDS A GREAT COURT AND
ENTERTAINMENT ▪ 410
NOTE.-This chapter peculiar to the 2nd Type of MSS.
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