ines of.
---- falcons of.
Pariahs (_Paraiyar_),
etymology of.
Parker, E.H.
Parlak, or Perlak, _see_ Ferlec.
---- Tanjong.
Parliament, Tartar.
Parpa iron mines.
Parrot, Professor, first to ascend Mount Ararat.
Parrots.
Partridges,
black;
Jirufti;
great (Chakors);
in mew. (_See_ also Francolin.).
Parwana, a traitor eaten by the Tartars.
Paryan silver mines.
Pascal of Vittoria, Friar.
Pasei, Pacem (Basma), a kingdom of Sumatra.
---- Bay of.
---- History of.
Pasha-Afroz.
Pasha and Pashagar tribes.
Pashai,
what region intended.
---- Dir.
Passo (or Pace), Venetian.
Patarins, heretics.
_Patera_, debased Greek, from Badakhshan.
Patlam.
_Patra_, or Alms-dish of Buddha,
miraculous properties;
Holy Grail of Buddhism.
Patriarchs of Eastern Christians. (_See_ also Catholicos and
Nestorian.).
Patteik-Kara.
Patterns, beast and bird, on silk, etc.
Patu, _see_ Batu.
Paukin (Pao-ying).
Pauthier, G., remarks on text of Polo.
Paved roads in China.
---- streets of Kinsay.
Payan, _see_ Bayan.
Payangadi.
Pa-yi writing, specimen of.
Peaches, yellow and white (apricots).
Peacocks at St. Thomas's,
special kind in Coilum.
Pearls,
in Caindu;
rose-coloured in Chipangu;
fishery of;
pearls and precious stones of kingdom of Maabar.
Pears, enormous.
Pedir.
Pedro, Prince of Portugal.
Pegu and Bengal confounded.
Pei-chau (Piju).
Pein (Pim), province,
site of.
Peking, white pagoda at. (_See_ Cambaluc.).
Pelly, Col. Sir Lewis, British Resident at Bushire.
Pema-ching.
Pemberton, Captain R.
Pentam (Bintang).
Pepper, daily consumption of, at Kinsay,
change in Chinese use of;
great importation at Zayton, duty on;
white and black;
in Coilum;
Eli and Cananore;
Melibar;
Guzerat;
trade in, to Alexandria.
Pepper Country.
Peregrine falcons.
Perla (Ferlec).
Persia, extent of name to Bokhara,
spoken of;
three Magi of;
its eight kingdoms.
Persia and India, boundary of.
Persian applied to language of foreigners at Mongol Court.
Persian Gulf (Sea of India?).
Peshawar.
Peter, Tartar slave of Marco Polo's.
Pharaoh's rats (Gerboa).
Phayre, Major-General Sir Arthur.
Pheasants, large and long tailed,
Reeves's.
Pheng (the Rukh).
Philip the Fair.
Philip III. and IV. of France.
Philippine Islands.
Phillips, G.
Phipps, Captain.
Phra Rama, Siamese kings so-called.
Phungan, Phungan-lu (Fungul?).
Physician, a virtuous.
Physicians.
Pianfu (P'ing-yang fu).
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