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SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS Vil
CHAP.
LXXV.-OF THE NOBLE CITY OF SUJU .
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NOTES.-I. Su-chau. 2. Bridges of that part of China. 3. Rhubarb ; its mention here seems erroneous. 4. The Cities of Heaven and Earth. Ancient incised Plan of Su-chau. 5. Hu-chau, Wu-kiang, and Kya-hing.
LXXVI.-DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT CITY OF KINSAY, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF
MANZI ▪ 185
NOTES.-I. King-szé now Hang-chau. 2. The circuit ascribed to the City; the Bridges. 3. Hereditary Trades. 4. The Si-hu
or Western Lake. 5. Dressiness of the People. 6.
Charitable Establishments. 7. Paved roads. 8. Hot and Cold Baths. 9. Kanpu, and the Hang-chau Estuary. io. The Nine Provinces of Manzi. i i. The Kaan's Garrisons in Manzi. 12. Mourning costume. 13. 14. Tickets recording inmztes of houses.
LXXVII.-FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE GREAT
CITY OF KINSAY.] .
(From Ramusio only.)
NOTES.-I. Remarks on these supplementary details. 2. Tides in the Hang-chau Estuary. 3. Want of a good Survey of Hang-chau. The Squares. 4. Marco ignores pork. 5. Great Pears : Peaches. 6. Textual. 7. Chinese use of Pepper. 8. Chinese claims to a character for Good Faith. 9. Pleasure-parties on the Lake. Io. Chinese Carriages. 11. The Sung Emperor. 12. The Sung Palace. Extracts regarding this Great City from other mediceval writers, European and Asiatic. Martini's Description.
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LXXVIII.-TREATING OF THE YEARLY REVENUE THAT THE
GREAT KAAN HATH FROM KINSAY . • 215
NOTES.-I. Textual. 2. Calculations as to the values spoken of.
LXXIX.-OF THE CITY OF TANPIJU AND OTHERS
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NOTES.-I. Route from Hang-chau southward. 2. Bamboos. Identification of places. Chang -shan the key to the route.
LXXX.-CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF FUJU . . 224
NOTES.-I. " Fruit like Safron." 2. 3. Cannibalism ascribed to Mountain Tribes on this route. 4. Kien-ning fu. 5. Galingale. 6. Fleecy Fowls. 7. Details of the Journey in Fo-kien and various readings. 8. Unken. Introduction of Sugar-refining into China.
LXXXI.-CONCERNING THE GREATNESS OF THE CITY OF FUJU 231
NOTES.-I. The naine Chonka, applied to Fo-kien here. Cayton or Zayton. 2. Objections that have been made to identity of Fuju and Fu-chau. 3. The Min River.
LXXXII.-OF THE CITY AND GREAT HAVEN OF ZAYTON . • 234
NOTES.-1. The Camphor Laurel. 2. The Port of Zayton or T'swan-chau ; Recent objections to this identity. Probable
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