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XLIII.-CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ACBALEC MANZI •
NOTES.-I. Geography, and doubts about Acbalec. 2. , Further Journey into Sze-ch' wan.
XLIV.-CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF SINDAFU . • •
NOTES.-I. Ch'êng-tu fu. 2. The Great River or Kiang. 3. The word Comereque. 4. The Bridge- Tolls. 5. Correction of
Text. '
XLV.-CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TEBET . 42
NOTES.-I. 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.-I. Explanatory. 2. " Or de Paliolle." 3. Cinnamon.
5. Great Dogs, and Beyamini oxen.
XLVII.-CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CAINDU . • • 53
NOTES.-I. Explanation from Ramusio. 2. Pearls of Inland Waters. 3. Lax manners. 4. Exchange of Salt for Gold.
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.-I. Geography of the Route between Sindafu or Ch'êng-tu fu, and Carajan or Yun-nan. 2. Christians and Mahonzedans
in Yun-nan. 3. Wheat. 4. Cowries. 5. Brine-spring.
Parallel.
XLIX.-CONCERNING A FURTHER PART OF THE PROVINCE OF
CARAJAN . • 76
NOTES.-I. 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 .
NOTES.- I. 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. -I2. 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 KAAN9g
NOTES.--I. Chronology. 2. Mien or Burma. Why the King nzay 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 . .
NOTES.-I. Nasrzuddin. 2. Cyrus's Camels. 3. Chinese Account of the Action. General Correspondence of the Chinese and Burmese Chronologies.
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