Chapter 156

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, thirty-four of Kúblái’s Empire, i. 430 Pseudo-Callisthenes, _113_, i. 56n, 57n Ptolemies’ trained African elephants, ii. 434n Ptolemy, _2_, _129_, _131_, i. 24n, 88n, 91n; Sarmatic Gates, i. 53n P’u-chau fu, ii. 25n, 26n Pu-ch’eng, ii. 224n Puer and Esmok, ii. 57n, 117n Pukan Mien-Wang, ii. 113n Pulad Chingsang, ii. 218n Pulisanghin, River and Bridge, _111_, _136_, ii. 3–4, 5n Pulo Bras, ii. 307n Pulo Condore (Sondur and Condur), ii. 276, 277n Pulo Gommes (Gauenispola), ii. 307n Pulo Nankai, or Nási, ii. 307n Pulo Wé, Wai, or Wey, ii. 307 Punnei-Káyal, ii. 372n Puránas, the, i. 58n _Purpura_, _see_ _Pourpre_ Putchok, ii. 397n Putu-ho, “Grape R.,” ii. 16n Pygmies, factitious(?), ii. 285

Qal’ah Asgher, hot springs at, i. 122n Qara Arslán Beg, king of Kermán, i. 92n Quails in India, ii. 345 Queen of Mutfili, ii. 360 Quicksilver and sulphur potion, ii. 365, 369n —— as regarded by alchemists, 369n Quills of the Ruc, _see_ Ruc Quilon, Kaulam, etc., _see_ Coilum Qumādin (Camadi), i. 113n

Rabelais, i. 100n Rabbanta, a Nestorian monk, i. 243n Radloff, Dr. W., i. 28n; map, 229n, 230n Ráin, i. 113n Rainald, of Dassel, Archbishop, i. 82n Rain-makers, _see_ Conjurers Rainy season, ii. 343, 351n Rajkot leather-work, ii. 395 Rakka, Rákshasas, ii. 298n, 308n, 312n Râma Kamhêng, king, ii. 278n Rameshwaram, ii. 335n Ramnad, ii. 335n Rampart of Gog and Magog, i. 57n, 292n Ramusio, Giov. Battista, _passim_; his biographical notices of Polo, _2_ _et seqq._, _52_; his edition of Polo, _96–101_, ii. 208n, 212n, 374n Ráná Paramitá’s Woman Country, ii. 405n Ranking, John, i. 339n Raonano-Rao, i. 173n, ii. 593n Rapson, E. J., ii. 595n Ras Haili, ii. 386n —— Kumhări, ii. 383n Rashíduddín, _alias_ Fazl-ulla Rashid, Persian statesman and historian of the Mongols, _121_; frequently quoted in the Notes. Ravenala tree (_Urania speciosa_), ii. 421n, 597n Raw meat eaten, ii. 66, 76n, 85 Rawlinson, Sir H., i. 58n, 82n, 85n, 87n, 114n, 115n, 152n, 166n, 192n, 195n Reclus, _Asie russe_, i. 54n; on Caspian Sea fisheries, 59n Red gold and red Tangas, ii. 349n _Re Dor_, ii. 19n Red Sea, trade from India to Egypt by, ii. 438; described in some texts as a river, 439n; possible origin of mistake _93_ Red sect of Lamas, i. 315n, 319n Refraction, abnormal, ii. 419n _Reg Ruwán_, of Kabul, i. 202n —— of Seistán, i. 202n Reindeer ridden, i. 269, 271n Religion, indifference of Chinghizide Princes to, i. 14n, 349n,