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0680 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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Camlets (cammellotti), ii. 281, 283n, 284
Camoens, ii. 266n
Camphor (Laurus Camphora) trees in
Fo-kien, ii. 234, 237n
—— of Sumatra, ii. 287n; Fansuri,
299, 302n; earliest mention of, 302n;
superstitions regarding, 303n; descrip-
tion of the tree, Dryabalanops Cam-
phora, 303n-304n; value attached by
Chinese to, 304n; recent prices of, ib.;
its use with betel, 371, 374n
—— oil, ii. 304n
Campichu (Kanchau), city of, i. 219,
220n
Camul (Kamul), province, i. 209, 211n,
214n
Camut, fine shagreen leather, i. 394,
395n
Canal, Grand, of China, ii. 132, 139,
140, 141n, 143n, 152n, 154n, 209n,
222n; construction of, 174, 175n
Canale, Cristoforo, MS. by, 34, 37
—— Martino da, French Chronicle of
Venice by, 83
Cananor, kingdom, ii. 388n
Cananore, ii. 386n, 387n
Canara, ii. 390n, 397n
Cancumum, ii. 397n
Canela brava, ii. 390n
Canes, Polo's name for bamboos, q.v.
Cannibalism, ii. 293, 294, 298n, 311n,
312n; ascribed to Tibetans, Kash-
miris, etc., i. 301, 312n, 313n;
to Hill-people in Fo-kien, ii. 225,
228n; to islanders in Seas of China
and India, 264; in Sumatra, 284,
288n; regulations of the Baitas, 288n;
ascribed to Andaman islanders, 309,
311n
Cannibals, i.e. Caribs, ii. 311n, 405n
Canonical Hours, ii. 368-369n
Cansay, see Kinsay
Canton, 3, ii. 199n, 237n
Cape Comorin, see Comari; Temple at,
76
—— Corrientes (of Currents), ii. 415n,
417n, 426n
—— Delgado, ii. 424n
—— of Good Hope, ii. 417n
Capidoglio (Capdoille), sperm-whale, ii.
414n
Cappadocian horses, i. 44n
Capus, G., i. 129n, 162n
Caracoron (Kará Korum), i. 66n, 226,
227n, 269, i. 460, 462n
Carajan (Caraian, Karájang, or Yun-nan),
province, 21, ii. 64, 66, 67n, 72n, 76,
86
Caramoran River (Hwang-Ho), ii. 142,
143n, 144n, 151
Carans, or Scarans, i. 100n
Caraonas (Karaunahs), a robber tribe,
i. 98, 101n, 121n
Carats, i. 359n
Carbine, etymology of, i. 101n
Cardinal's Wit, i. 21n
Caribs, i.e. cannibals, ii. 311n, 405n
Carpets, of Turcomania (Turkey), i.
43, 44n; Persian, 66n; Kerman,
96n
Carriages, at Kinsay, ii. 205, 206;
Chinese, 211n
Carrion, shot from engines, ii. 163n
Carta Catalana, Catalan Map of 1375,
134, i. 57n, 59n, 82n, 161n, ii.
221n, 243n, 286n, 362n, 386, 396n,
404n
Carte, à la, ii. 486n
Carts, Mongol, i. 254n
Casan, see Ghazán Khan
Casaria (Caesarea of Cappadocia), i. 43,
44n
Cascar (Kashgar), i. 180, 182n;
Chaukans of, 193n
Casem, see Kishm
Caspian Sea (Sea of Ghel or Ghelan),
ancient error about, 2, 129; its numerous
names, i. 52, 58n, 59n, ii. 494n
Cassay, see Kinsay
Cassia, ii. 59n, 60n, 390n, 391n
—— buds, ii. 59n, 391n
—— fistula, ii. 398n
Castaldi, Panfilo, his alleged invention
of movable types, 139-140
Castambol, i. 45n
Castelli, P. Cristoforo di, i. 52n, 53n
Casvin (Kazvin), a kingdom of Persia, i.
83, 84n, 101n, 141n
Catalan Navy, 35-39
Cathay (Kashgar), i. 180, 182n; origin of
name, 11, 15, i. 60, 76n, 285, 414,
418, 441, ii. 10, 127, 132, 135, 139,
140, 192, 391n, 457; coal in, i. 412;
idols, ii. 263; Cambaluc, the capital
of, see Cambaluc
Cathayans, v. Ahmad, i. 403 et seqq.;
their wine, 441; astrologers, 446;
religion, 456; politeness, filial duty,
gaol deliveries, gambling, 457
Catholics, ii. 407; Catholicos, of Sis, i.
42n; of the Nestorians, 61n, 62n
Cators (chakors), great partridges, i.
296, 207n
Cat's Head Tablet, i. 356n
Cats in China, ii. 350n
Caucasian Wall, i. 53n, 54n
Cautigu, province, ii. 116, 120, 123,
128n, 131n
Caulking, of Chinese ships, ii. 250, 251n
Cauly, Kauli (Corea), i. 343, 345n
Causeway, south of the Yellow River, ii.
153n
Cauterising children's heads, ii. 432n
Cave-houses, i. 154, 156n, ii. 150n
Cavo de Eli, ii. 386n
—— de Diab, ii. 417n