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Prester John (Unc Can, Aung or Ung Khan), Tartar tribute to; account of; marriage relations with Chinghiz; insults Chinghiz' envoys; "these be no soldiers"; marches to meet Chinghiz; real site of battle with Chinghiz; his real fate; slain in battle; his lineage in Tenduc; and the Golden King. Prices of horses, _see_ Horses. Printing, imaginary connection of Polo's name with introduction of. Private names supposed. Prjevalsky, Colonel N.M. Probation of Jogis, parallel. Prophecy regarding Bayan. _Proques_, the word. Prostitutes; at Cambaluc, Kinsay. Provinces, thirty-four of Kublai's Empire. Pseudo-Callisthenes. Ptolemies' trained African elephants. Ptolemy, Sarmatic Gates. P'u-chau fu. Pu-ch'eng. Puer and Esmok. Pukan Mien-Wang. Pulad Chingsang. Pulisanghin, River and Bridge. Pulo Bras. Pulo Condore (Sondur and Condur). Pulo Gommes (Gauenispola). Pulo Nankai, or Nasi. Pulo We, Wai, or Wey. Punnei-Kayal. Puranas, the. _Purpura_, see _Pourpre_. Putchok. Putu-ho, "Grape R.". Pygmies, factitious (?). Qal'ah Asgher, hot springs at. Qara Ars-lan Beg, king of Kerman. Quails in India. Queen of Mutfili. Quicksilver and sulphur potion. ---- as regarded by alchemists. Quills of the Ruc, _see_ Ruc. Quilon, Kaulam, etc., _see_ Coilum. Qumadin (Camadi) Rabelais. Rabbanta, a Nestorian monk. Radloff, Dr. W., map. Rain. Rainald, of Dassel, Archbishop. Rain-makers, _see_ Conjurers. Rainy season. Rajkot leather-work. Rakka, Rakshasas. Rama Kamheng, king. Rameshwaram. Ramnad. Rampart of Gog and Magog. Ramusio, Giov. Battista, _passim_, his biographical notices of Polo; his edition of Polo. Rana Paramita's Woman Country. Ranking, John. Raonano-Rao. Rapson, E.J. Ras Haili. ---- Kumhari. Rashiduddin, _alias_ Fazl-ulla Rashid, Persian statesman and historian of the Mongols, frequently quoted in the Notes. Ravenala tree (_Urania speciosa_). Raw meat eaten. Rawlinson, Sir H. Reclus, _Asie russe_, on Caspian Sea fisheries. Red gold and red Tangas. _Re Dor_. Red Sea, trade from India to Egypt by, described in some texts as a river; possible origin of mistake. Red sect of Lamas. Refraction, abnormal. _Reg Ruwan_, of Kabul. ---- of Seistan. Reindeer ridden. Religion, indifference of Chinghizide Princes to, occasional power of among Chinese. Remission of taxation by Kublai Rennell, Major James. Reobarles (Rudbar, etc.). Revenue of Kinsay.
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