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PART I. THE KAAN, HIS COURT AND CAPITAL.

II.,

p. 334.

NAYAN.

It is worthy of note that Nayan had given up Buddhism and

become a Christian as well as many of his subjects. Cf. PELLIOT

1914, pp. 635-6.

VII., pp. 352, 353.

Instead of Sir-i-Sher, read Sar-i-Sher. (PELLIOT.)

TZU.

P'AZ

Dr. Bushell's note describes the silver p'ai, or tablets (not

then called p'ai tsz) of the Cathayans, which were 200 (not 600)

in number. But long before the Cathayans used them, the T'ang

Dynasty had done so for exactly the same purpose. They were

5 inches by i inches, and marked with the five words, ' order,

running horses, silver p'ai,' and were issued by the department

known as the men-liia-shêng. Thus, they were not a Tartar, but

a Chinese, invention. Of course, it is possible that the Chinese

must have had the idea suggested to them by the ancient wooden

orders or tallies of the Tartars." (E. H. PARKER, As. Quart.

Review, Jan., 1904, p. 146.)

Instead of " Publication No. 42 " read only No. 42, which is

the number of the pai tee. (PELLIOT.)

VIII., p. 358, n. 2.

Kún kú = hon hu may be a transcription of hwang lieu during

the Mongol Period, according to telliot.

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