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0712 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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INDEX   RE DOR

PORCELAIN

Porcelain manufacture, ii. 235, 242n ; fragments found at Kayál, 373n ; Chinese, 595/1

shells, see Cowries

Porcupines, i. 154, 156/z

Pork, mention of, omitted, ii. 21012 Postin, sheep-skin coat, i. 153, 15512 Posts, post-houses and runners, i. 433 et

seqq., 438n ; in Siberia, ii. 480

Po-sz' (Persia), ii. 437n

Potala at L'hasa, i. 319/1

Pottinger, i. 94n, 9612

Poultry, kind of, in Coilum, ii. 376 ; in Abyssinia (guinea-fowl ?), 431,

437n

Pound, sterling, 71, ii. 591n

Pourpre, or Purpura, i. 66n, 389n P'o-yang Lake, ii. 243n

Pozdneiev, Professor, i. 228n

Precious stones or gems, ,5, L 75, 76n, 107, 35o, 39o, 394, 424, ii. 202, 231,

235, 236, 254, 264, 313, 315n, 338, 361, 362/1 ; how discovered by pirates,

392

Prester John (Unc Can, Aung or Ung

Khan), i. 27n, 239 ; Tartar tribute to, 226 ; account of, 231n-237n ; marriage relations with Chinghiz, 239 ; insults Chinghiz' envoys, 239 ; " these be no soldiers," 240 ; marches to meet Chinghiz, 241 ; real site of battle with Chinghiz, 242 ; his real fate, ib.; slain in battle, 244 ; his lineage in Tendue, 284, 288n ; and the Golden King, ii. 17-22

Prices of horses, see Horses

Printing, imaginary connection of Polo's name with introduction of, 139 seqq. Private names supposed, i. 361n

Prjevalsky, Colonel N. M., i. 198n, 2o6n, 216n, 249/1, 276n, 277/1, ii. 23n, 29n, 61n

Probation of Jogis, ii. 366 ; parallel,

37on

Prophecy regarding Bayan, ii. 145, 149/1

Proques, the word, ii. 37on

Prostitutes ; at Cambaluc, i. 414 ; Kinsay, ii. 202-203

Provinces, thirty-four of Kúblái's Empire,

  1. 430

Pseudo-Callisthenes, 113, i. 56n, 57n Ptolemies' trained African elephants, ii.

434n

Ptolemy, 2, 129, 131, i. 24/1, 88n, 9112 ;

Sarmatic Gates, i. 53/1

P'u-chau fu, ii. 25n, 26n

Pu-ch'eng, ii. 224n

Puer and Esmok, ii. 57n, 117/1

Pukan Mien-Wang, ii. I 13n

Pulad Chingsang, ii. 218n

Pulisanghin, River and Bridge, 111, 136,

  1. 3-4, 5n

Pulo Bras, ii. 307n

Pulo Condore (Sondur and Condur), ii.

276, 277n

Pulo Gommes (Gauenispola), ii. 307n

Pulo Nankai, or Nási, ii. 3o7n

Pulo Wé, Wai, or Wey, ii. 307

Punnei-Káyal, ii. 372n

Puránas, the, i. 58n

Purpura, see Pourpre

Putchok, ii. 397n

Putu-ho, " Grape R.," ii. 16/2

Pygmies, factitious (?), ii. 285

QAL'AH ASGHER, hot springs at, i. I22/2 Qara Ars-lán Beg, king of Kermán, i. 92/1 Quails in India, ii. 345

Queen of Mutfili, ii. 36o

Quicksilver and sulphur potion, ii. 365, 369n

   as regarded by alchemists, 36912
Quills of the Ruc, see Ruc

Quilon, Kaulam, etc., see Coilum Qumādin (Cainadi), i. 11312

RABELAIS, i. 10012

Rabbanta, a Nestorian monk, i. 243n Radloff, Dr. W. i. 28n ; map, 229n, 230/1

Ráin, i. 113n

Rainald, of Dassel, Archbishop, i. 8212 Rain-makers, see Conjurers

Rainy season, ii. 343, 351n

Rajkot leather-work, ii. 395

Rakka, Rákshasas, ii. 298n, 3oSn, 31212

Rama Kamheng, king, ii. 278n Rameshwaram, ii. 335/1

Ramnad, ii. 335n

Rampart of Gog and Magog, i. 57n, 292n

Ramusio, Giov. Battista, passim ; his biographical notices of Polo, 2 et seqq., .52; his edition of Polo, 96-JOI, ii. 208n, 212n, 374n

Ráná Paramitá's Woman Country, ii.

405n

Ranking, John, i. 339n

Raonano-Rao, i. 173n, ii. 593n

Rapson, E. J., ii. 595n

Ras Haili, ii. 386n

Kumhári, ii. 383n

Rashíduddfn, alias Fazl - ulla Rashid,

Persian statesman and historian of the

Mongols, 121 ; frequently quoted in

the Notes.

Ravenala tree (Urania speciosa), ii. 421n,

597n

Raw meat eaten, ii. 66, 76n, 85

Rawlinson, Sir H., i. 58n, 82n, 85n, 87n, I14n, I15n, 152n, 166n, 19211, 195n

Reclus, Asie russe, i. 54n ; on Caspian Sea fisheries, 59n

Red gold and red Tangas, ii. 349n

Re Dor, ii. 19n