The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

ARRIVING AT VENICE after 26 years’ absence, and being refused admittance to the Family Mansion; as related by Ramusio, p. _4_ of Introductory Essay. Drawn by Signor QUINTO CENNI...

“When night lowered black, and the circling shroud Of storm rolled near, and stout hearts learned dismay; Not Hers! To her tried Lord a Light and Stay Even in the Earthquake and...

TO THE MEMORY OF SIR RODERICK I. MURCHISON, BART., K.C.B., G.C.ST.A., G.C.ST.S., ETC. THE PERFECT FRIEND WHO FIRST BROUGHT HENRY YULE AND JOHN MURRAY TOGETHER (HE ENTERED INTO R...

And when you have ridden three days from the city last mentioned, between north-east and north, you come to a city called CHANDU,{1} which was built by the Kaan now reigning. Th...

The Plain of which we have spoken extends in a southerly direction for five days’ journey, and then you come to another descent some twenty miles in length, where the road is ve...

Caracoron is a city of some three miles in compass. [It is surrounded by a strong earthen rampart, for stone is scarce there. And beside it there is a great citadel wherein is a...

Tenduc is a province which lies towards the east, and contains numerous towns and villages; among which is the chief city, also called TENDUC. The king of the province is of the...

When you depart from this City of Cobinan, you find yourself again in a Desert of surpassing aridity, which lasts for some eight days; here are neither fruits nor trees to be se...

[There are in the city of Cambaluc, what with Christians, Saracens, and Cathayans, some five thousand astrologers and soothsayers, whom the Great Kaan provides with annual maint...

After you have ridden down hill those two days, you find yourself in a vast plain, and at the beginning thereof there is a city called CAMADI, which formerly was a great and nob...

In leaving Badashan you ride twelve days between east and north-east, ascending a river that runs through land belonging to a brother of the Prince of Badashan, and containing a...

Lop is a large town at the edge of the Desert, which is called the Desert of Lop, and is situated between east and north-east. It belongs to the Great Kaan, and the people worsh...

In Georgiania there is a King called David Melic, which is as much as to say “David King”; he is subject to the Tartar.{1} In old times all the kings were born with the figure o...

Cups, flying, i. 301, 314n, 349n Curds and Curdistan, i. 9n, 60, 62n, 83n, 84n, 85n, 102n, 143n, 145n Currency, copper token, in India, i. 429n; salt, ii. 45, 54, 57n; leather,...

Now that I have told you in detail of the splendour of this City of the Emperor’s, I shall proceed to tell you of the Mint which he hath in the same city, in the which he hath h...

You must know that for three months of the year, to wit December, January, and February, the Great Kaan resides in the capital city of Cathay, which is called CAMBALUC, [and whi...

After he has stopped at his capital city those three months that I mentioned, to wit, December, January, February, he starts off on the 1st day of March, and travels southward t...

Now the next that reigned after Chinghis Kaan, their first Lord,{1} was CUY KAAN, and the third Prince was BATUY KAAN, and the fourth was ALACOU KAAN, the fifth MONGOU KAAN, the...

After you have travelled thirty days through the Desert, as I have described, you come to a city called SACHIU, lying between north-east and east; it belongs to the Great Kaan,...

As we have said before, these people are Idolaters, and as regards their gods, each has a tablet fixed high up on the wall of his chamber, on which is inscribed a name which rep...

On leaving Campichu, then, you travel five days across a tract in which many spirits are heard speaking in the night season; and at the end of those five marches, towards the ea...

Kerman is a kingdom which is also properly in Persia, and formerly it had a hereditary prince. Since the Tartars conquered the country the rule is no longer hereditary, but the...

We have already told you of his lineage and of his age; but now I must tell you what he did after his return, in regard to those barons who had behaved well in the battle. Him w...

—— Khan Meheláti, late representative of the Old Man, i. 147n Aghrukji or Ukuruji, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n Agricola, Governor of Cappadocia, etc., i. 45n Aguil, Mongol general, ii...

You will hear further on how that there are twelve persons appointed who have authority to dispose of lands, offices, and everything else at their discretion. Now one of these w...

Badashan is a Province inhabited by people who worship Mahommet, and have a peculiar language. It forms a very great kingdom, and the royalty is hereditary. All those of the roy...

Having stayed a while at Soldaia, they considered the matter, and thought it well to extend their journey further. So they set forth from Soldaia and travelled till they came to...

Baudas is a great city, which used to be the seat of the Calif of all the Saracens in the world, just as Rome is the seat of the Pope of all the Christians.{1} A very great rive...

All their harness of war is excellent and costly. Their arms are bows and arrows, sword and mace; but above all the bow, for they are capital archers, indeed the best that are k...

And when the Great Kaan learned that Nayan was taken right glad was he, and commanded that he should be put to death straightway and in secret, lest endeavours should be made to...

The first kingdom is that at the beginning of Persia, and it is called CASVIN; the second is further to the south, and is called CURDISTAN; the third is LOR; the fourth [SUOLSTA...

And when the Great Kaan sits at table on any great court occasion, it is in this fashion. His table is elevated a good deal above the others, and he sits at the north end of the...

Chingintalas is also a province at the verge of the Desert, and lying between north-west and north. It has an extent of sixteen days’ journey, and belongs to the Great Kaan, and...

And when you leave Caracoron and the Altay, in which they bury the bodies of the Tartar Sovereigns, as I told you, you go north for forty days till you reach a country called th...

What shall I say about it? When day had well broken, there was the Kaan with all his host upon a hill overlooking the plain where Nayan lay in his tent, in all security, without...

Now there was on that spot in old times a great and noble city called CAMBALUC, which is as much as to say in our tongue “The city of the Emperor.”{1} But the Great Kaan was inf...

Now you must know that from this city of Cambaluc proceed many roads and highways leading to a variety of provinces, one to one province, another to another; and each road recei...

After those twelve days’ journey you come to a fortified place called TAICAN, where there is a great corn market.{1} It is a fine place, and the mountains that you see towards t...

Keshimur also is a Province inhabited by a people who are Idolaters and have a language of their own.{1} They have an astonishing acquaintance with the devilries of enchantment;...

gate ascribed to, 57n, ii. 494 Irtish River, ii. 493n Isaac, king of Abyssinia, ii. 432n, 433n Isabel, queen of Little Armenia, i. 42n Isabeni, ii. 432n Isentemur (Sentemur, Ess...

This is a great country. It begins at a city called ARZINGA, at which they weave the best buckrams in the world. It possesses also the best baths from natural springs that are a...

Mulberry Trees, i. 423, ii. 13, 24 Mul-Java, ii. 349n Müller, F. W. K., ii. 89n Müller, Professor Max, i. 65n; on _Couvade_, ii. 93n; on stories of Buddha and St. Josafat, 323n,...

on the titles Khan, Khatun, etc., _10_; on horn horse-shoes, i. 177n; earliest mention of name Mongol in Oriental works, 294n; Mongol storm-dispellers, 310n; charge of cannibali...

And when the Prince saw that the Two Brothers and Messer Marco were ready to set forth, he called them all three to his presence, and gave them two golden Tablets of Authority,...

Pein is a province five days in length, lying between east and north-east. The people are worshippers of Mahommet, and subjects of the Great Kaan. There are a good number of tow...

Now it came to pass, in the year of Christ’s Incarnation, 1252, that Alaü, Lord of the Tartars of the Levant, heard tell of these great crimes of the Old Man, and resolved to ma...

This is the fashion of their religion. [They say there is a Most High God of Heaven, whom they worship daily with thurible and incense, but they pray to Him only for health of m...

Now that we have begun to speak of the Tartars, I have plenty to tell you on that subject. The Tartar custom is to spend the winter in warm plains, where they find good pasture...

And when they had ridden many days they said they would see what the Child had given them. So they opened the little box, and inside it they found a stone. On seeing this they b...

Campichu is also a city of Tangut, and a very great and noble one. Indeed it is the capital and place of government of the whole province of Tangut.{1} The people are Idolaters,...

Tung-chau (Tinju), ii. 154n Tung-hwang-hien, ancient Shachau, i. 206n Tung-kwan, fortress of the Kin sovereigns, ii. 14n, 25n, 27n _Tung-lo_ (Kumiz), i. 259n Tunguses, i. 271n T...

The beginning of their New Year is the month of February, and on that occasion the Great Kaan and all his subjects made such a Feast as I now shall describe.

skins of striped, i. 405; how hunted with dogs, ii. 126. (_See_ also Tigers.) Lion’s Head Tablets, i. 35, 350, 352n _Lire_, various Venetian, _66_, _71_, ii. 591n–592n —— of gol...

Now it came to pass that Marco, the son of Messer Nicolo, sped wondrously in learning the customs of the Tartars, as well as their language, their manner of writing, and their p...

And when they had been thus honourably conducted to Acre they proceeded to the presence of the Pope, and paid their respects to him with humble reverence. He received them with...

Cobinan is a large town.{1} The people worship Mahommet. There is much Iron and Steel and _Ondanique_, and they make steel mirrors of great size and beauty. They also prepare bo...

When therefore they awoke, and found themselves in a place so charming, they deemed that it was Paradise in very truth. And the ladies and damsels dallied with them to their hea...

Starting again from Erguiul you ride eastward for eight days, and then come to a province called EGRIGAIA, containing numerous cities and villages, and belonging to Tangut.{1} T...

Tanjore, ii. 334n, 335n; Suttee at, 349n; Pagoda at, 352n; fertility of, 368n Tánkíz Khan, applied to Chinghiz, i. 247n Tanpiju (Shaohing?), ii. 218 Tantras, Tantrika, Tantrists...

You must know that the Tartars keep high festival yearly on their birthdays. And the Great Kaan was born on the 28th day of the September moon, so on that day is held the greate...

Cotan is a province lying between north-east and east, and is eight days’ journey in length. The people are subject to the Great Kaan,{1} and are all worshippers of Mahommet.{2}...

The personal appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middle...

On the frontier of Armenia towards the south-east is the kingdom of MAUSUL. It is a very great kingdom, and inhabited{1} by several different kinds of people whom we shall now d...

Now the story goes that when Prester John became aware that Chinghis with his host was marching against him, he went forth to meet him with all his forces, and advanced until he...

The Emperor hath numbers of leopards{1} trained to the chase, and hath also a great many lynxes taught in like manner to catch game, and which afford excellent sport.{2} He hath...

The way they administer justice is this. When any one has committed a petty theft, they give him, under the orders of authority, seven blows of a stick, or seventeen, or twenty-...

Camul is a province which in former days was a kingdom. It contains numerous towns and villages, but the chief city bears the name of CAMUL. The province lies between the two de...

You must know that the Great Kaan hath chosen twelve great Barons to whom he hath committed all the necessary affairs of thirty-four great provinces; and now I will tell you par...

You must know that ten days’ journey to the south of Badashan there is a Province called PASHAI, the people of which have a peculiar language, and are Idolaters, of a brown comp...

Mulehet is a country in which the Old Man of the Mountain dwelt in former days; and the name means “_Place of the Aram_.” I will tell you his whole history as related by Messer...

The Emperor hath, by those four wives of his, twenty-two male children; the eldest of whom was called CHINKIN for the love of the good Chinghis Kaan, the first Lord of the Tarta...

Charchan is a Province of Great Turkey, lying between north-east and east. The people worship Mahommet. There are numerous towns and villages, and the chief city of the kingdom...

his palace, 366, 372n Chingsang, Ching-siang (Chinisan), title of a Chief Minister of State, i. 432n, ii. 145, 148n, 150n, 218n Chingting-fu (Acbaluc), ii. 13, 14n Chingtsu, or...

At the end of those three days you find a city called CHAGAN NOR [which is as much as to say White Pool], at which there is a great Palace of the Grand Kaan’s;{1} and he likes m...

And after the Great Kaan had defeated Nayan in the way you have heard, he went back to his capital city of Cambaluc and abode there, taking his ease and making festivity. And th...

Yasdi also is properly in Persia; it is a good and noble city, and has a great amount of trade. They weave there quantities of a certain silk tissue known as _Yasdi_, which merc...

You must know that the Great Kaan, to maintain his state, hath a guard of twelve thousand horsemen, who are styled KESHICAN, which is as much as to say “Knights devoted to their...

Samarcan is a great and noble city towards the north-west, inhabited by both Christians and Saracens, who are subject to the Great Kaan’s nephew, CAIDOU by name; he is, however,...

Now this Cublay Kaan is of the right Imperial lineage, being descended from Chinghis Kaan, the first sovereign of all the Tartars. And he is the sixth Lord in that succession, a...

In Turcomania there are three classes of people. First, there are the Turcomans; these are worshippers of Mahommet, a rude people with an uncouth language of their own.{1} They...

—— stuffs and goods, Turcomania, i. 43; Georgia, 50; Baghdad, 63; Yezd, 88; Kerman, 90; Tenduc province, 285; Cambaluc, 415; Juju, ii. 10; Sindafu, 37; Cacanfu, 132; Chinangli,...

And when the appointed day was come, all the Christians got up early, men and women, small and great, more than 100,000 persons, and went to church, and heard the Holy Mass. And...

Now you must know that the Great Kaan hath set apart 12,000 of his men who are distinguished by the name of _Keshican_, as I have told you before; and on each of these 12,000 Ba...

On departing from the city of Kerman you find the road for seven days most wearisome; and I will tell you how this is.{1} The first three days you meet with no water, or next to...

Balc is a noble city and a great, though it was much greater in former days. But the Tartars and other nations have greatly ravaged and destroyed it. There were formerly many fi...

Cascar is a region lying between north-east and east, and constituted a kingdom in former days, but now it is subject to the Great Kaan. The people worship Mahommet. There are a...

On leaving the province of which I spoke before,{1} you ride ten days between north-east and east, and in all that way you find no human dwelling, or next to none, so that there...

On leaving the Castle, you ride over fine plains and beautiful valleys, and pretty hill-sides producing excellent grass pasture, and abundance of fruits, and all other products....

NOTES.—1. _Palace Wall._ 2. _The word |Tarcasci|._ 3. _Towers._ 4. _Arsenals of the Palace._ 5. _The Gates._ 6. _Various Readings._ 7. _Barracks._ 8. _Wide diffusion of the kind...

There are two Hermenias, the Greater and the Less. The Lesser Hermenia is governed by a certain King, who maintains a just rule in his dominions, but is himself subject to the T...

mission to Yun-nan, _21_; governor of Yang-chau, _22_; employed at Kan-chau, Kara Korum, Champa and Indian Seas, _22_; returns home, _23–24_; mentioned in his Uncle Marco’s will...

When you leave the city of Campichu you ride for twelve days, and then reach a city called ETZINA, which is towards the north on the verge of the Sandy Desert; it belongs to the...

When that Prince, whose name was CUBLAY KAAN, Lord of the Tartars all over the earth, and of all the kingdoms and provinces and territories of that vast quarter of the world, ha...

You must know that the city of Cambaluc hath such a multitude of houses, and such a vast population inside the walls and outside, that it seems quite past all possibility. There...

It is a fact that all over the country of Cathay there is a kind of black stones existing in beds in the mountains, which they dig out and burn like firewood. If you supply the...

When the Two Brothers and Mark had abode with the Lord all that time that you have been told [having meanwhile acquired great wealth in jewels and gold], they began among themse...

Tauris is a great and noble city, situated in a great province called YRAC, in which are many other towns and villages. But as Tauris is the most noble I will tell you about it.{1}

Now it came to pass in the year of Christ’s Incarnation 1187 that the Tartars made them a King whose name was CHINGHIS KAAN.{1} He was a man of great worth, and of great ability...

the Uíghúr character, 28n; Caucasian Wall, 54n; use of muslin in Samarkand, 62n; on _nakh_ and _nachetti_, 65n; Hulákú’s expedition to West Asia, 66n, 85n, 146n, 148n; an extrac...

Patu, _see_ Batu Paukin (Pao-ying), ii. 152 Pauthier, G., remarks on text of Polo, _92_ _seqq._, _et passim_ Paved roads in China, ii. 189, 198n —— streets of Kinsay, ii. 189 Pa...

merchants, ii. 340; described, 453n Kishik, Kishikan, Kizik, Keshikchi, _see_ Keshican Kishm (Casem), i. 153, 155n, 156n, 173n —— or Brakht (Oaracta), island in the Persian Gulf...

The Emperor hath two Barons who are own brothers, one called Baian and the other Mingan; and these two are styled _Chinuchi_ (or _Cunichi_), which is as much as to say, “The Kee...

When the Great Kaan heard what was afoot, he made his preparations in right good heart, like one who feared not the issue of an attempt so contrary to justice. Confident in his...

391n, 413n, 440n, 444n, 445n, 465n; his account of Chinese juggling, i. 316n; his account of Khansa (Kinsay), 214n; of Zayton, 238n; in Sumatra, 289n, 294n; on Camphor, 303n; in...

It came to pass in the year of Christ 1260, when Baldwin was reigning at Constantinople,{1} that Messer Nicolas Polo, the father of my lord Mark, and Messer Maffeo Polo, the bro...

When the Prince had charged them with all his commission, he caused to be given them a Tablet of Gold, on which was inscribed that the three Ambassadors should be supplied with...

I have told you how the Great Kaan provides for the distribution of necessaries to his people in time of dearth, by making store in time of cheapness. Now I will tell you of his...

Kuniyah (Conia), Iconium, Koniah, i. 43, 44n 356n Kunlun (Pulo Condore), ii. 277n Kurd dynasty, i. 85n Kurdistan (Curdistan), i. 9n, 62n, 83, 84n Kurds, the, i. 60, 62n, 85n Kúr...

_Cháo_, paper-money, i. 426n, 429n _Cháo_, title of Siamese and Shan Princes, ii. 73n Chaotong, ii. 130n Chapu, ii. 199n Characters, written, four acquired by Marco Polo, i. 27;...

And after both sides had rested well those two days, they armed for the fight and engaged in desperate combat; and it was the greatest battle that ever was seen. The numbers tha...

When the Two Brothers had received the Legate’s letters, they set forth from Acre to return to the Grand Kaan, and got as far as Layas. But shortly after their arrival there the...

They departed from Layas and came to ACRE, arriving there in the month of April, in the year of Christ 1269, and then they learned that the Pope was dead. And when they found th...

On arriving at his capital of Cambaluc,{1} he stays in his palace there three days and no more; during which time he has great court entertainments and rejoicings, and makes mer...

It was in the year of Christ{1} ... that there was a Calif at Baudas who bore a great hatred to Christians, and was taken up day and night with the thought how he might either b...

_Carte_, _à la_, ii. 486n Carts, Mongol, i. 254n Casan, _see_ Gházán Khan Casaria (Caesarea of Cappadocia), i. 43, 44n Cascar (Kashgar), i. 180, 182n; _Chaukans_ of, 193n Casem,...

In Persia is the city of SABA, from which the Three Magi set out when they went to worship Jesus Christ; and in this city they are buried, in three very large and beautiful monu...

ships, 108; great heat and fatal wind, 108, 109, 119n, 120n; crops, mourning customs, i. 109; the king of, 110; another road to Kerman from, 110, 122n; route from Kerman to, 110...

You must know that when the Emperor sees that corn is cheap and abundant, he buys up large quantities, and has it stored in all his provinces in great granaries, where it is so...

After they had passed the desert, they arrived at a very great and noble city called BOCARA, the territory of which belonged to a king whose name was Barac, and is also called B...

Now you must know that the Emperor sends his Messengers over all his Lands and Kingdoms and Provinces, to ascertain from his officers if the people are afflicted by any dearth t...

Yugria, or Yughra, in the Far North, ii. 483n, 485n, 493n Yuh-shan, ii. 222n, 224n Yule, Sir Henry, ii. 602n; on Ravenala, 597n; on Maundeville, 604n Yun-Hien, a Buddhist Abbot,...

Now am I come to that part of our Book in which I shall tell you of the great and wonderful magnificence of the Great Kaan now reigning, by name CUBLAY KAAN; _Kaan_ being a titl...

Kúblái’s return thither after defeating Nayan, i. 348; the palace, 362; the city, 374; its size, walls, gates, and streets, the Bell Tower, etc., 375n–378n; period of khan’s sta...

Yarcan is a province five days’ journey in extent. The people follow the Law of Mahommet, but there are also Nestorian and Jacobite Christians. They are subject to the same Prin...

Most of the people of Cathay drink wine of the kind that I shall now describe. It is a liquor which they brew of rice with a quantity of excellent spice, in such fashion that it...

The Christians on hearing what the Calif had said were in great dismay, but they lifted all their hopes to God, their Creator, that He would help them in this their strait. All...

Bolor, i. 172, 178n, 179n Bombay, ii. 396n, 449n Bonaparte, Prince Roland, _Recueil des Documents de l’Époque Mongole_, i. 14n, 28n Bonga, ii. 96n Bonheur, Rosa, i. 277n Bonifac...

And what shall I tell you? when the Two Brothers and Mark had arrived at that great city, they went to the Imperial Palace, and there they found the Sovereign attended by a grea...

Probation of Jogis, ii. 366; parallel, 370n Prophecy regarding Bayan, ii. 145, 149n _Proques_, the word, ii. 370n Prostitutes, at Cambaluc, i. 414; Kinsay, ii. 202–203 Provinces...

The three months of December, January, and February, during which the Emperor resides at his Capital City, are assigned for hunting and fowling, to the extent of some 40 days’ j...

When the Two Brothers had tarried as long as I have told you, and saw that never a Pope was made, they said that their return to the Great Kaan must be put off no longer. So the...

And then he inquired about the Pope and the Church, and about all that is done at Rome, and all the customs of the Latins. And the Two Brothers told him the truth in all its par...

When Mark returned from his ambassage he presented himself before the Emperor, and after making his report of the business with which he was charged, and its successful accompli...

So the Two Brothers, and Mark along with them, proceeded on their way, and journeying on, summer and winter, came at length to the Great Kaan, who was then at a certain rich and...

Cloths of Tartary, 295n; Trees of the Sun, 130n; Dry Tree, 131n; his Book of Travels, ii. 598n, 605n; English version, 601n; his tomb, 604n Maung Maorong, or Pong, Shan kingdom,...

Money, paper, i. 423–425, 426n–430n —— values, i. 426n, ii. 590n–592n Mongol conquests, _9_, _10_; capture Soldaia, i. 4n; Bolghar, 7n, 8n; treachery and cruelty, 61n, 151n, 265...

lion’s head and gerfalcon, 35, 351; bestowed on distinguished captains, inscription, 350, 351n–354n; cat’s head, 356n; granted to governors of different rank, 431 —— worshipped...

When Chinghis Kaan heard the brutal message that Prester John had sent him, such rage seized him that his heart came nigh to bursting within him, for he was a man of a very loft...

Hei-shui (Mongol Etsina) River, i. 225n Hel, Ela (Cardamom), ii. 388n Helena, Empress, i. 82n Helli, _see_ Eli He-lung Kiang, ii. 35n Hemp of Kwei-chau, ii. 127 Henry II., Duke...

Shing-king, or Mukden, i. 345n Ships, of the Great Khan, ii. 142; of India at Fuju, 231; of Manzi described, 249–251; mediæval, accounts of, 252n–253n; in Japan, 264; in Java Se...

On the borders of (the territory of) Tauris there is a monastery called after Saint Barsamo, a most devout Saint. There is an Abbot, with many Monks, who wear a habit like that...

its surrender to Bayan, 146, 149n; extreme public security, 147; alleged meaning of the name, 182, 184n, 185; described, 185–208; bridges, 185, 187, 194n; hereditary trades, gui...

The Emperor moreover hath taken order that all the highways travelled by his messengers and the people generally should be planted with rows of great trees a few paces apart; an...

Millioni, Corte del, _4_ Milne, ii. 222n Minao district, i. 110n, 114n Mines and Minerals, _see_ Iron, Silver, etc. Minever, _see_ Menuvair Ming, the Chinese dynasty which ouste...

occasional power of among Chinese, i. 460n _seqq._ Remission of taxation by Kúblái, i. 439 Rennell, Major James, ii. 402n Reobarles (Rúdbár, etc.), i. 97, 109, 111n, 114n Revenu...

the dead man’s door, 205, 209n; as to chance shots, 439; in Carajan, ii. 79, 82n, 84n; devil-dancing, 86; property of the dead, 111; Sumatran, 293, 298n; Malabar, 339 _seqq._; a...

Liampo (Ningpo), ii. 228n, 239n Liang, or tael, i. 426n, 427n Liang-chau in Kansuh, i. 29n, 276n, 281n Liao dynasty, _12_, i. 232n, 288n Liao-tong, i. 289n, 334n, 345n Libanos,...

Now when this vision had visited the Bishop several times, he related the whole matter to the Christians, and they agreed with one consent to call the Cobler before them. And wh...

So when the Two Brothers had made their arrangements, they set out on their travels, in company with the Envoys, and journeyed for a whole year, going northward and north-eastwa...

how discovered by pirates, 392 Prester John (Unc Can, Aung or Ung Khan), i. 27n, 239; Tartar tribute to, 226; account of, 231n–237n; marriage relations with Chinghiz, 239; insul...

Ku-kwan, Customs’ Barrier, ii. 14n Kuláb, lions in, i. 152n; Salt Mines, 154n Kulan, _Asinus Onager_, the Gor Khar of Persia, i. 89n Kulasaikera, ii. 335n Kumár, _see_ Ḳomár Kum...

When the Two Brothers got to the Great Kaan, he received them with great honour and hospitality, and showed much pleasure at their visit, asking them a great number of questions...

Hwai-ngan-fu (Coiganju), ii. 152n Hwai River, ii. 143n, 152n Hwang-ho (Yellow River), i. 245n, 282n, 286n, ii. 23n, 25n, 27n; changes in its courses, 137n, 142n, 143n; its emban...

his autograph, _13_ Hazáras, the, Mongol origin of, i. 102n; lax custom ascribed to, 212n, ii. 56n Hazbana, king of Abyssinia, ii. 436n Heat, great at Hormuz, i. 108, 109, 119n,...

Cubeb pepper, ii. 272, 391n Cubits, astronomical altitude estimated by, ii. 382, 389, 392 Cublay, _see_ Kúblái Cucintana, ii. 396n Cudgel, Tartars’ use of, i. 266, 267n, 414 Cui...