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SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
origin of the word Satin. 3. Chinese Consumption of Pepper. 4. Artists in Tattooing. 5. Position of the Porcelain manufacture spoken of Notions regarding the Great River of China. 6. Fo-kien dialects and variety of spoken language
in China. 7. From Ramusio.
BOOK THIRD.
Japan, the Archipelago, Southern India, and the Coasts and Islands
of the Indian Sea.
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CHAP.
I.—OF THE MERCHANT THE INDIAN SEAS
NOTES.—I. Pine Timber. Compartments. 4. used by Junks. 6. Mediæval Writers.
SHIPS OF MANZI THAT SAIL UPON
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2. Rudder and Masts. 3. Watertight Chinese substitute for Pitch. 5. Oars Descriptions of Chinese Junks from other
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II. DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF CHIPANGU, AND
GREAT KAAN'S DESPATCH OF A HOST AGAINST IT
NOTES.—I. Chipangu or Japan. 2. Abundance of Gold. 3 Golden Palace. 4. Japanese Pearls. Red Pearls.
II.—WHAT FURTHER CAME OF THE GREAT KAAN'S EXPEDI-
TION AGAINST CHIPANGU . . . . • .
NOTES.—I. Kúblái's attempts against Japan. Japanese Narrative of the Expedition here spoken of. (See App. L. 9.) 2. Species of Torture. 3. Devices to procure Invulnerability.
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IV.—CONCERNING THE FASHION OF THE IDOLS .
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NOTES.—I. Many-limbed Idols. 2. The Philippines and Moluccas. 3. The name Chin or China. 4. The Gulf of Cheinan.
V.—OF THE GREAT COUNTRY CALLED CHAMBA .
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NOTES.—I. Champa, and Kúblái's dealings with it. (See App.
L. ro). 2. Chronology. 3. Eagle-wood and Ebony. Polo's use of Persian words.
VI.—CONCERNING THE GREAT ISLAND OF JAVA . .
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NOTE. Java ; its supposed vast extent. Kúblái's expedition against it and failure.
VII.---WHEREIN THE ISLES OF SONDUR AND CONDUR ARE
SPOKEN OF ; AND THE KINGDOM OF LOCAC . . .
NOTES.—I. Textual. 2. Pulo Condore. 3. The Kingdom of Locac, Southern Siam.
VIII.—OF THE ISLAND CALLED PENTAM, AND THE CITY MALAIUR 280
NOTES.—I. Bintang. 2. The Straits of Singapore. 3. Remarks on the Malay Chronology. Malaiur probably Palembang.
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