indu.
---- Fanchau.
---- Kinsay.
---- of Palace at Cambaluc.
---- Pleasure parties on.
---- Talifu.
---- Yunnan-fu.
Laknaoti.
Lakshamana Deva, king of Kashmir.
Lamas of Tibetan Buddhism;
their superstitions and rites;
their monasteries;
marriage. (_See_ also Bakhshi.).
Lambri,
kingdom of;
situation of.
Lances of Sago Palm.
Lanchang.
Land of Darkness,
market in.
Langdarma.
Langting Balghasun.
Languages used in Mongol Court and administration.
Lan-Ho.
Lanja Balus, or Lankha balus.
Lanka (Ceylon).
Lan Ki Hien (Nan-Che-hien).
Lanner Falcons.
Lan-tsang kiang (Mekong) River.
Lao-Kiun, or Lao-Tseu, the Philosopher.
Laos, people of.
Lar, or Lat-Desa.
---- province.
Latin version of Polo's Book.
Latins, the term.
Latse, Tibetan for musk.
Lauredano, Agnes.
_Laurus Camphora_.
Lawek, _Lawaki_.
Laxities of marriage customs, _see_ Marriage.
Layard, Mr.
Layas, _see_ Ayas.
---- Gulf of.
Leather,
embroidered mats of Guzerat.
Leaves,
used for plates;
green leaves said to have a soul.
Lecomte on Chinese war vessels.
Lembeser, Ismaelite fortress.
Lenzin.
Leon I., king of Lesser Armenia.
Leon II., king of Lesser Armenia.
Leon III., king of Lesser Armenia.
Leon VI., last king of Lesser Armenia.
Leopards,
taught to sit on horseback;
(Cheetas) kept for the Chase by Kublai.
Lepechin, Professor.
Le Strange, Guy.
Leung Shan.
Levant, term applied by Polo to the kingdom of the Mongol Khans.
Lewchew.
Lewis, _see_ St. Lewis.
Lewis XI. and XII. (France).
Lew-sha, old Chinese name for Lop Desert.
Leyes, _see_ Ayas.
Lhasa,
_Labrang_ Monastery at.
_Li_, Chinese measure,
supposed to be confounded with miles.
Liampo (Ningpo).
Liang, or tael.
Liang-chau in Kansuh.
Liao dynasty.
Liao-tong.
Libanos, [Greek: Libanophoros] and [Greek: libanotophoros chora].
_Libro d'Oro_.
Licinius, Emperor.
Lide (Liti).
Lieuli Ho.
Lign-aloes (eagle-wood),
etymology;
in Sumatra.
Ligor.
_Ligurium_, the precious stone, _Liguire_.
Li H'ien, Tartar ruler of Tangut.
_Likamankwas_ of Abyssinian kings.
Li-kiang fu.
_Limyrica_.
Lindley.
Lindsay, Hon. R.
_Linga_.
Linju.
Lin-ngan (Hang-chau).
Lin-ngan in Yun-nan.
Lintching-y, or Linchinghien.
Lin-t'sing chau.
Lion and Sun.
Lions, black.
---- on the Oxus,
Chinese notion of.
---- (apparently for tigers) kept for the chase by Kublai,
skins of striped;
how hunted with dogs (_See_ also Tigers.).
Lion's Head Tablets.
_Lire_, various Venetia
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