NOTES.—1. _Tangut._ 2. _Buddhism encountered here._ 3. _Kalmak superstition, the “|Heaven’s Ram|.”_ 4. _Chinese customs described here._ 5. _Mongol disposal of the Dead._ 6. _Superstitious practice of avoiding to carry out the dead by the house-door; its wide diffusion._ XLI.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CAMUL 209 NOTES.—1. _Kamul._ 2. _Character of the people._ 3. _Shameless custom._ 4. _Parallel._ XLII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF CHINGINTALAS 212 NOTES.—1. _The Country intended._ 2. _Ondanique._ 3. _Asbestos Mountain._ 4. _The four elements._ 5 and 6. _The Story of the Salamander. Asbestos fabrics._ XLIII.—OF THE PROVINCE OF SUKCHUR 217 NOTES.—1. _Explanatory._ 2. _The City of Suhchau._ 3. _Rhubarb country._ 4. _Poisonous pasture._ XLIV.—OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU 219 NOTES.—1. _The City of Kanchau._ 2. _Recumbent Buddhas._ 3. _Buddhist Days of Special Worship._ 4. _Matrimonial Customs._ 5. _Textual._ XLV.—OF THE CITY OF ETZINA 223 NOTES.—1. _Position of Yetsina._ 2. _Textual._ 3. _The Wild Ass of Mongolia._ XLVI.—OF THE CITY OF CARACORON 226 NOTES.—1. _Karakorum._ 2. _Tartar._ 3. _Chorcha._ 4. _Prester John._ XLVII.—OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS 238 NOTES.—1. _Chronology._ 2. _Relations between Chinghiz and Aung Khan, the Prester John of Polo._ XLVIII.—HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN 240 XLIX.—HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS 241 NOTES.—1. _Plain of Tanduc._ 2. _Divination by Twigs and Arrows._ L.—THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN. DEATH OF CHINGHIS 244 NOTE.—_Real circumstances and date of the Death of Chinghiz._ LI.—OF THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER CHINGHIS KAAN, AND OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS 245 NOTES.—1. _Origin of the |Cambuscan| of Chaucer._ 2. _Historical Errors._ 3. _The Place of Sepulture of Chinghiz._ 4. _Barbarous Funeral Superstition._ LII.—CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS 251 NOTES.—1. _Tartar Huts._ 2. _Tartar Waggons._ 3. _Pharaoh’s Rat._ 4. _Chastity of the Women._ 5. _Polygamy and Marriage Customs._ LIII.—CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS 256