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EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The remainder are EUROPEAN. Fig. 9 is from Pertz, Scripiores, vol. xv iii., and by him from a figure of the Siege of Arbicella, 1227, in a MS. of Genoese Annals (No. 773, Supp. Lat. of Bib. Imp.). Fig. Io from Shaw's Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, vol. i., No. 21, after B. Mus. MS. Reg. 16, G. vi. Fig. I I from Perts as above, under A.D. I 182. Fig. 12, from Valturius de Re Militari, Verona, 1483. Figs. 13 and 14 from the Poliorceticon of Justus Lipsius. Fig. 15 is after the Bodleian MS. of the Romance of Alexander (A.D. 1338), but is taken from the Gentleman's Magazine, 3rd ser. vol. vii. p. 467. Fig. i6 from Lacroix's Art au Moyen Age, after a miniature of 13th cent. in the Paris Library. Figs. 17 and 18 from the Emperor Napoleon's Etudes de l'Artillerie, and by him taken from the MS. of Paulus Santinus (Lat. MS. 7329 in Paris Library). Fig. 19 from Professor Moseley's restoration of a Trebuchet, after the data in the Medieval Note-book of Villars de Honcourt, in Gentleman's Magazine as above. Figs. 20 and 21 from the Emperor's Book. Fig. 22 from a German MS. in the Bern Library, the Chronicle of Justinger and Schilling.
Page 169. COIN from a treasure hidden during the siege of SIANG-YANG in 1268-73, and lately discovered in that city.
„ 172. Island MONASTERIES on the YANG-TZU KIANG ; viz. :-
I. Uppermost. The " Little Orphan Rock," after a cut in Oliphant's Narrative.
Middle. The " Golden Island " near Chin-kiang fu, after Fisher's China. (This has been accidentally reversed in the drawing.)
Lower. The " Silver Island," below the last, after Mr. Lindley's book on the T'ai-P'ings.
„ 177. The West Gate of CHIN-KIANG FU. From an engraving in Fisher's China after a sketch made by Admiral Stoddart, R.N., in 1842.
„ 183. South-West Gate and Water Gate of SU-CHAU ; facsimile on half scale from the incised Map of 1247. (See List of Inserted Plates preceding, under p. 182.)
193. The old LUH-HO-TA or Pagoda of Six Harmonies near HANG-CHAU, and anciently marking the extreme S.W. angle of the city. Drawn by Q. CENNI from an anonymous photograph received from the Rev. G. Moule.
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195. Imperial City of HANG-CHAU in the 13th Century.
197. Metropolitan City of HANG-CHAU in the 13th Century. From the Notes of the Right Rev. G. E. Moule.
OE)209. Fang of SI-NGAN FU. Communicated by A. Wylie.
If212. Stone Chwang or UMBRELLA. COLUMN, one of two which still mark the site of the ancient Buddhist Monastery called Fan-T'ien-Sze or " Brahma's Temple" at Hang-chau. Reduced from a pen-and-ink sketch by Mr. Moule.
„ 223. Mr. PHILLIPS' Theory of Marco Polo's Route through Fo-Kien.
227. Scene in the BOHEA MOUNTAINS, on Polo's route between Kiang-Si and Fo-Kien. From Fortune's Three Years' Wanderings.
233. Scene on the MIN RIVER below Fu-chau. From the same.
245. The KAAN'S FLEET leaving the Port of ZAYTON. The scenery is taken from an engraving in Fisher's China, purporting to represent the mouth of the Chinchew River (or River of Tswan-chau), after a sketch by Capt. (now Adm.) Stoddart. But the Rev. Dr. Douglas, having pointed
out that this cut really supported his view of the identity of Zayton, being a view of the Chang-chan River, reference was made to Admiral Stoddart, and Dr. Douglas proves to be quite right. The View was really one of the Chang-chau River ; but the Editor has not been able to procure material for one ofthe Tswan-chau River, and so he leaves it,
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