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65. The Receipt of Custom at Quinsai (f. 69). 66. Curiosities brought from India to Great Kaan (f. 71). 67. War with Chipangu (f. 72). 68. Scene at Sea (an Expedition to Chipangu?) (f. 73 _v._). 69. Cannibals of Sumatra (f. 74 _v._). 70. Cynocephali (rather Alopecocephali!) (f. 76 _v._). 71. The folk of Ma'abar, without raiment (f. 78). 72. Idol worship of Indian girls (f. 80). 73. The Valley of Diamonds (f. 82). 74. Brahmin Merchants (f. 83). 75. Pepper gathering (f. 84). 76. Wild Beasts (f. 85). 77. City of Cambaia (f. 86 _v._). 78. Male and Female Islands (f. 87). 79. Madagascar (f. 88). 80. Battle of the Abyssinian Kings (f. 89 _v._) 81. City of the Ichthyophagi (f. 91). 82. Arab horses at Calatu (f. 92). 83. Wars of Caidu (f. 93 _v._). 84. Prowess of Caidu's daughter (f. 95 _v._).[1] LIST OF MINIATURES IN THE BODLEIAN MS. OF MARCO POLO.[2] 1. _Frontispiece_ (f. 218). 2. The Kaan giving the Golden Tablet. 3. Presentation of Pope's Letter. 4. Taking of Baudas. 5. The Bishop before the Calif. 6. The Three Kings at Bethlehem. 7. White Oxen of Kerman. 8. Paradise of the Old Man. 9. River of Balashan. 10. City of Campichu. 11. Battle with Prester John. 12. Tartars and their Idols. 13. The Kaan in his Park at Chandu. 14. Idol Worship. 15. Battle with Nayan. 16. Death of the Rebels. 17. Kaan rewarding his Officers. 18. " at Table. 19. " hunting. 20. The Kaan and his Barons. 21. The Kaan's alms. 22. City of Kenjanfu. 23. " " Sindinfu. 24. People of Carajan. 25. The Couvade. 26. Gold and Silver Towers of Mien. 27. Funeral Customs. 28. The Great River Kian? 29. The Attack of Saianfu (with a Cannon, a Mangonel, and a Crossbow). 30. City of Quinsay. 31. Palace of Facfur. 32. Port of Zayton. 33. Cynocephali. 34. " 35. Idolaters of Little Java. 36. Pearl Divers. 37. Shrine of St. Thomas. 38. The Six Kings, subject to Abyssinia. Part of the Frontispiece is engraved in vol. i. of the present work; the whole of the Frontispiece representing the Piazzetta reduced has been poorly reproduced in Mrs. Oliphant's _The Makers of Venice_. London, 1887, p. 134. APPENDIX F.--List of MSS. of Marco Polo's Book so far as they are known.[3] The MSS. marked thus '*' are spoken of after Personal Inspection by the Editor. NO. LOCALITIES. INDICATIONS. LANGUAGE. D
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