[27] In the first edition I noticed briefly a statement that had reached me from China that, in the Temple at Canton vulgarly called “of the 500 gods,” there is a foreign figure which from the name attached had been supposed to represent Marco Polo! From what I have heard from Mr. Wylie, a very competent authority, this is nonsense. The temple contains 500 figures of _Arhans_ or Buddhist saints, and one of these attracts attention from having a hat like a sailor’s straw hat. Mr. Wylie had not remarked the name. [A model of this figure was exhibited at Venice at the international Geographical Congress, in 1881. I give a reproduction of this figure and of the Temple of 500 Genii (_Fa Lum Sze_) at Canton, from drawings by Félix Régamey made after photographs sent to me by my late friend, M. Camille Imbault Huart, French Consul at Canton.—H. C.] [28] These documents are noted in Appendix C, Nos. 9–12, 14, 17, 18. [29] I can find no _Ranuzzo_ Dolfino among the Venetian genealogies, but several _Reniers_. And I suspect Ranuzzo may be a form of the latter name. [30] _Cappellari_ (see p. 77, footnote) under _Bragadino_. [31] _Ibid._ and _Gallicciolli_, II. 146. [32] The _lire_ of the fine are not specified; but probably _ai grossi_, which would be = 37_l._ 10_s._; not, we hope, _dei_ grossi! [33] Yet, if the family were so wealthy as tradition represents, it is strange that Marco’s brother Maffeo, _after_ receiving a share of his father’s property, should have possessed barely 10,000 _lire_, probably equivalent to 5000 ducats at most. (See p. _65_, _supra_.) [34] An Agnes Loredano, Abbess of S. Maria delle Vergini, died in 1397. (_Cicogna_, V. 91 and 629.) The interval of 61 years makes it somewhat improbable that it should be the same. [35] In the _Museo Civico_ (No. 2271 of the Cicogna collection) there is a commission addressed by the Doge Michiel Steno in 1408, “_Nobili Viro Marcho Paulo_,” nominating him Podestà of Arostica (a Castello of the Vicentino). This is probably the same Marco. [36] The descent runs: (1) Azzo = Maria Polo; (2) Febo, Captain at Padua; (3) Zaccaria, Senator; (4) Domenico, Procurator of St. Mark’s; (5) Marc’Antonio, Doge (_Cappellari_, _Campidoglio Veneto_, MS. St. Mark’s Lib.). Marc’Antonio _nolebat ducari_ and after election desired to renounce. His friends persuaded him to retain office, but he lived scarcely a year after. (_Cicogna_, IV. 566.) [See p. _8_.] [37] In Appendix B will be found tabulated all the facts that seem to be positively ascertained as to the Polo genealogies.