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0724 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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Villard de Honnecourt, Album of, ii.
164n
Vincent of Beauvais, ii. 325n
Vincenzo, P., ii. 410n
Vineyards, in Taican, i. 153; Kashgar,
181; Khotan, 188; in N. China, ii.
10, 11n, 13, 15n
Vinson, Prof., on Couvade, ii. 91n
Virgin of Cape Comorin, ii. 382n
Visconti, Tedaldo, or Tebaldo, see
Theobald of Piacenza
Vissering, on Chinese Currency, i. 428n,
429n
Vochan (Unchan, Yungchan), ii. 84, 86,
89n; battle there, 98, 101, 104n-106n
Vogels, J., ii. 601n, 602n
Vokhan, see Wakhán
Volga, called Tigris, i. 5, 7n, 9n, ii.
485n, 488n
Vos, Belgian Missionary, i. 249n
Vughin, ii. 182
Vuju in Kiangnan, ii. 182
—— in Chekiang, ii. 219

WADOE TRIBE, ii. 420n
Wakf, i. 67n
Wakhán (Vokhan), dialect, i. 162n, 171,
173n
—— Mountains, i. 162n, 175n
Wakhijr Pass, i. 175n, ii. 594n
Wakhijrui Pass, see Wakhjir Pass
Waksh, branch of the Oxus, ii. 5n
Wakhtang II., king of Georgia, i. 53n
Walashjird, i. 106n
Wallachs, ii. 489n, 491n
Wall of Alexander (or Caucasian), i. 50,
53n
—— of Gog and Magog (i.e. China),
111, i. 285, 292n
Walnut-oil, i. 158, 162n
Wami River, ii. 420n
Wang, Chinese silk, i. 237n, 361n, ii.
113n
Wang, king of Djungar, i. 250n
Wangchu, see Vanchu
Wapila, i. 54n
Warangol Ku, ii. 362n
Warangs, ii. 490n
Warner, Dr., ii. 604n
War vessels, Chinese, i. 34, 37n
Wassáf, the historian, i. 68n; his char-
acter of the Karaunahs, 101n; notices of
Hormuz, 120n, 121n; eulogy of
Kúblái, 332n; story of Kúblái, 440n;
his style, ii. 150n; account of taking
of Siang-yang, 150n, 167n; of Kinsay,
213n; Maabar, 333n; horse trade to
India, 348n; treatment of them there,
351n; extract from his history, 495n
Water, bitter, i. 110, 122n, 194
—— custom of lying in, i. 108, 119n;
consecration by Lamas, 309n
—— Clock, i. 378n
Wathek, Khalif, i. 57n
Wa-tzŭ, Lolo slaves, ii. 63n
Weather-conjuring, i. 301, 309n-311n
Wei dynasty, i. 205n, ii. 437n
Weights and measures, ii. 590n-592n
Wei-ning, ii. 130n
Wei River in Shen-si, ii. 27n, 29n, 35n
—— in Shan-tung, ii. 139n
Wen River, ii. 139n
Wen-chow, ii. 239n
Westermarck, Human Marriage, ii. 48n,
93n
Whale oil, including spermaceti, i. 108,
117n, ii. 407, 408n
Whales, ii. 219; in Socotra, 407; Mada-
gascar, 411, 414n; species of Indian
Ocean, 408n; sperm (Capdoille), 411,
414n
Wheaten bread not eaten, i. 438n; at
Yachi, ii. 66, 74n
White bears, ii. 479
—— bone, Chinese for Lolos, ii. 63n
—— camels, i. 281
—— City, meaning of term among
Tartars, i. 297n, ii. 14n
—— City, of Manzi frontier, ii. 34n
—— Devils, ii. 355, 359n
—— Feast at Kúbláí's City, i. 390,
392n
—— Horde, ii. 48n
—— horses and mares, i. 300, 390;
offered to Khan, 308n
Whittington and his cat in Persia, i.
65n
Wild asses and oxen, see Asses and Oxen
William of Tripoli, Friar, i. 22; his
writings, 23n, 24n
Williams, Dr. S. W., on the Chinese
year, i. 388n; on elephants at Peking,
392n
Williamson, Rev. A., i. 135n, 217n, ii.
8n, 11n, 12n, 15n, 16n, 137n
Wilson, General Sir C., i. 45n
Wind, poison (Simúm), i. 108, 120n;
monsoons, ii. 264-265
Wine, of the vine, Persians lax in ab-
staining from, i. 84, 87n, 96n
—— boiled, i. 84, 87n, 153n, 155n
—— of ancient Kapisa, i. 155n; Khotan,
188; at Taianfu, ii. 13, 16n; im-
ported at Kinsay, 202
—— rice (Samshu or dardsún), i. 441;
and of wheat, ii. 56, 59n; at Yachi, 66,
85; spices, etc., in Caindu, 56; Kien-
chang, 59n, 85; Cainigu, 117; Colo-
man, 123; Kinsay, 202, 204, 216
—— Palm (toddy), ii. 292, 297n, 376
—— from sugar, ii. 376, 442
—— date, i. 107, 115n, ii. 292, 297n,
442
—— (unspecified), at Khan's table, i.
382; not used in Ma'bar, ii. 342; nor
by Brahmans, 363