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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 Revenue of Kinsay, ii. 189, 190, 215 _et seqq._ Rhinoceros (Unicorn), in Sumatra, ii. 285, 290n; habits, 290n; four Asiatic species, 289n —— _Tichorinus_, ii. 419n Rhins, Dutreuil de, i. 190n, 192n, 276n Rhubarb, _Rheum palmatum_, i. 217, 218n, 279n, ii. 181, 183n Riant, Comte, ii. 593n Ricci, Matteo, i. 347n, 451n, 454n Rice, ii. 33, 56, 85, 115, 117, 123, 174, 202, 292, 300, 313, 342, 354, 360, 401, 404, 423, 431 Rice-wine, i. 441n; at Yachi, ii. 66 —— trade on Grand Canal, ii. 174 Richard II., i. 42n Richthofen, Baron F. von, i. 106n, 198n, 218n, 295n, ii. 14n–16n, 19n, 23n, 26n, 27n, 29n, 32n, 34n, 35n, 38n, 40n, 42n, 45n, 48n, 57n, 60n, 67n, 80n; on Fungul, 129n; on Tanpiju, 220n Right and Left, ministers of the, i. 432n Rio Marabia, ii. 387n _Rishis_ (Eremites) of Kashmir, i. 166, 169n “River of China,” ii. 222n, 243n Roads radiating from Cambaluc, i. 433 Robbers in Persia, i. 84, 87n, 98, 99, 101n Robbers’ River, i. 114n Robes distributed by Kúblái, i. 387, 388n, 394 Roborovsky, Lieutenant, i. 188n Rochefort, “faire la couvade,” ii. 94n Rockets, i. 342n Rockhill (_Rubruck_ and _Diary of a Journey_), i. 5n, 8n, 9n, 277n, 279n, 282n, 283n, 294n, 295n, 306n, 308n–310n, 312n, 319n, 321n, 324n, 325n, 353n, 354n, 384n, 385n, 389n, 393n, 429n, 437n,