EAT CITY OF SAMARCAN

NOTES.--1. Christians in Samarkand. 2. Chagatai's relation to Kublai
mis-stated. 3. The Miracle of the Stone.

XXXV.--OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN

NOTE.--Yarkand. Goitre prevalent there.

XXXVI.--OF A PROVINCE CALLED COTAN

NOTES.--1. Government. 2. "Adoration of Mahommet." 3. Khotan.

XXXVII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF PEIN

NOTES.--1. Position of Pein (App. L. 6.) 2. The Yu or Jade. 3. Temporary
marriages.

XXXVIII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF CHARCHAN

NOTE.--Position of Charchan and Lop.

XXXIX.--OF THE CITY OF LOP, AND THE GREAT DESERT

NOTES.--1. Geographical discrepancy. 2. Superstitions as to Deserts:
their wide diffusion. The Sound of Drums on certain sandy acclivities.
3. Sha-chau to Lob-nor.

XL.--CONCERNING THE GREAT PROVINCE OF TANGUT

NOTES.--1. Tangut. 2. Buddhism encountered here. 3. Kalmak superstition,
the "_Heaven's Ram_." 4. Chinese customs described here. 5. Mongol
disposal of the Dead. 6. Superstitious practice of avoiding to carry out
the dead by the house-door; its wide diffusion.

XLI.--OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL

NOTES.--1. Kamul. 2. Character of the people. 3. Shameless custom.
4. Parallel.

XLII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS

NOTES.--1. The Country intended. 2. Ondanique. 3. Asbestos Mountain.
4. The four elements. 5 and 6. The Story of the Salamander. Asbestos
fabrics.

XLIII.--OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR

NOTES.--1. Explanatory. 2. The City of Suhchau. 3. Rhubarb country.
4. Poisonous pasture.

XLIV.--OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU

NOTES.--1. The City of Kanchau. 2. Recumbent Buddhas. 3. Buddhist Days
of
Special Worship. 4. Matrimonial Customs. 5. Textual.

XLV.--OF THE CITY OF ETZINA

NOTES.--1. Position of Yetsina. 2. Textual. 3. The Wild Ass of Mongolia.

XLVI.--OF THE CITY OF CARACORON

NOTES.--1. Karakorum. 2. Tartar. 3. Chorcha. 4. Prester John.

XLVII.--OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS

NOTES.--1. Chronology. 2. Relations between Chinghiz and Aung Khan, the
Prester John of Polo.

XLVIII.--HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN

XLIX.--HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS

NOTES.--1. Plain of Tanduc. 2. Divination by Twigs and Arrows.

L.--THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN. DEATH OF CHINGHIS

NOTE.--Real circumstances and date of the Death of Chinghiz.

LI.--OF THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER CHINGHIS KAAN, AND OF THE C