11 On this gulf as it is shown on CE appears the legend: “On these islands there are many beautiful griffons and falcons, and the inhabitants of the islands do not venture to seize them without the permission of the Grand Khan, lord of the Tatars” (Kret., CE, 208; from Polo, i, 270). Edifices (A) North of the River Ras and its Eastern Tributary 12 _zimachi_|_a_(?): ?Sarmatia;=Russia. See also 600. 13 Tomb of the Grand Khan, beneath which an inscription reads thus: _q ... li sie El sepulchro del_ | [gran can] _et fano questa_ | ... _che quando El uen_ | _portato a sepelir El uen acom|pagniato da_ _molti homeni | armadi Iquali ozideno queli(?) | Itrouano su le strade et | dicono che le anime de coloro sono Benede|te per che Le aconpa|gniano Lanima del gran | can aunaltra uita_. Similar inscription in corresponding position on CE (209-210) from Polo (i, 246, 250-251). 14 _R^o. de mas_ ... (?): ?Moscaor, CD;=Moscow (Hamy, 394). 15 _cast. | ra._(?): ?Castrama, CA; Castrema, CE;=Kostroma (Hamy, 395). 16 _ezina_(?): ?duplicate of 18. 17 _alla_ ... (?): ?Allania, N of Black Sea, CA;=country of the Alans (Hallb., 13, 14). See also 604. 18 _etzi|na_: Polo (i, 223-225); Cordier (Ser M. P., 53-55) places Polo’s Etzina in SW Mongolia, “on the river Hei-shui, called Etsina [=Etsin Gol] by the Mongols.” See also 16. (B) Between the Rivers Ras, Rumus, and Tanai 19 _trachia_: Torachi, CA;=Torjok (Hamy, 395). 20 _tufer_: Tifer, CA;=Tver, capital of an important Russian principality and seat of a bishop in the Middle Ages. 21 _botnia_(?):=?Bothnia; ?duplicate of 608. 22 _zitere|ae_(?): ?[Ar]çetreca, Vat.;=Astrakhan (Pullé, Vat., 8). 23 _racoba_(?): =? (C) South Side of East Branch of River Rumus 24 _borga_: Borgar, CA; Bolgara, Polo (i, 4, 6-8);=med. Bolghar, on the Volga 90 m. below Kazan (Yule, Polo, i, 7). 25 _Iornâ_: Ioram, CA;=?Churmansk (Shurminsk) on the Viatka (Yule, Cath., i, 307). 26 _paschati_(?): Pascherti, CA;=Bashkir. See Hallb., 69-70; Yule, Polo, ii, 492. 27 _fasa_(?): Fachatim, CA; =?Viatka (Yule, Cath., i, 307). 28 _sebur_(?): Sebur, CA;=?Sibir, Siberia. See Hallb., 465-466; Yule, Cath., i, 307. (D) North and Northeast of Mt. Gaspio 29 _Marm|orea_: Marmorea, CA;=? See Yule, Cath., i, 308. 30 _la ... |te_(?):=? 31 _fugur_(?): Sugur, CA. See Hallb., 489;=? 32 _zin.. |lel_(?): Cigicalas, CA; ?Province of Chingintalas, Polo, (i, 212-213);=?region between Lake Baikal and Kamul (Yule, Polo, i, 214-215; Cordier, Ser M. P., 51-52). 33 _Lop_: On CA Ciutat de Lop N of Lake Yssicol; also a long legend (from Polo, i, 196-197) describing Lop as a city where travelers rest themselves and their beasts and supply themselves with provisions before crossing the desert. See Hallb., 316-318;=vicinity of Lob Nor between Chinese Turkestan and the Gobi. See also 10.