ng on it is ascribed to the _Kin_.

[The "Green Mount" was an island called _K'iung-hua_ at the time of the
Kin; in 1271 it received the name of _Wan-sui shan_; it is about 100 feet
in height, and is the only hill mentioned by Chinese writers of the Mongol
time who refer to the palace grounds. It is not the present _King-shan_,
north of the palace, called also _Wan-sui-shan_ under the Ming, and now
the _Mei-shan_, of more recent formation. "I have no doubt," says
Bretschneider (_Peking_, l.c. 35), "that Marco Polo's handsome palace on
the top of the Green Mount is the same as the _Kuang-han tien_" of the
_Ch'ue keng lu_. It was a hall in which there was a jar of black jade, big
enough to hold more than 30 piculs of wine; this jade had white veins, and
in accordance with these veins, fish and animals have been carved on the
jar. (Ibid. 35.) "The _Ku kung i lu_, in describing the _Wan-sui-shan_,
praises the beautiful shady green of the vegetation there." (Ibid. 37.)
--H. C.]

["Near the eastern end of the bridge (_Kin-ao yue-tung_ which crosses the
lake) the visitor sees a circular wall, which is called _yuean ch'eng_
(round wall). It is about 350 paces in circuit. Within it is an imperial
building _Ch'eng-kuang tien_, dating from the Mongol time. From this
circular enclosure, another long and beautifully executed marble bridge
leads northwards, to a charming hill, covered with shady trees, and capped
by a magnificent white _suburga_." (_Bretschneider_, p. 22.)--H. C.]

In a plate attached to next chapter, I have drawn, on a small scale, the
existing cities of Peking, as compared with the Mongol and Chinese cities
in the time of Kublai. The plan of the latter has been constructed (1)
from existing traces, as exhibited in the Russian Survey republished by
our War Office; (2) from information kindly afforded by Dr. Lockhart; and
(3) from Polo's description and a few slight notices by Gaubil and others.
It will be seen, even on the small scale of these plans, that the general
arrangement of the palace, the park, the lakes (including that in the
city, which appears in Ramusio's version), the bridge, the mount, etc., in
the existing Peking, very closely correspond with Polo's indications; and
I think the strong probability is that the Ming really built on the old
traces, and that the lake, mount, etc., as they now stand, are
substantially those of the Great Mongol, though Chinese policy or
patriotism may have spread the belie