XIV.—CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY 386 NOTES.—1. _The Chinese Year._ 2. “_Beaten Gold._” 3. _Textual. Festal changes of costume._ 4. _Festivals._ XV.—OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY 390 NOTES.—1. _The White Month._ 2. _Mystic value of the number 9._ 3. _Elephants at Peking._ 4. _Adoration of Tablets. K’o-tow._ XVI.—CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS WHO RECEIVE ROBES OF CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS, THIRTEEN CHANGES A-PIECE 394 NOTES.—1. _Textual._ 2. _The words |Camut| and |Borgal|._ 3. _Tame Lions._ XVII.—HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH GAME 396 NOTE.—_Parallel Passage._ XVIII.—OF THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND WOLVES THAT THE KAAN KEEPS FOR THE CHASE 397 NOTES.—1. _The Cheeta or Hunting Leopard._ 2. _Lynxes._ 3. _The Tiger, termed |Lion| by Polo._ 4. _The Búrgút Eagle._ XIX.—CONCERNING THE TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE CHARGE OF THE KAAN’S HOUNDS 400 NOTE.—_The Masters of the Hounds, and their title._ XX.—HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION 402 NOTES.—1. _Direction of the Tour._ 2. _Hawking Establishments._ 3. _The word |Tosḳáúl|._ 4. _The word |Bularguchi|._ 5. _Kúblái’s Litter._ 6. _Kachar Modun._ 7. _The Kaan’s Great Tents._ 8. _The Sable and Ermine._ 9. _Pétis de la Croix._ XXI.—HOW THE GREAT KAAN, ON RETURNING FROM HIS HUNTING EXPEDITION, HOLDS A GREAT COURT AND ENTERTAINMENT 410 NOTE.—_This chapter peculiar to the 2nd Type of MSS._ XXII.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC, AND ITS GREAT TRAFFIC AND POPULATION 412 NOTES.—1. _Suburbs of Peking._ 2. _The word |Fondaco|._ XXIII.—[CONCERNING THE OPPRESSIONS OF ACHMATH THE BAILO, AND THE PLOT THAT WAS FORMED AGAINST HIM] 415 NOTES.—1. _Chapter peculiar to Ramusio._ 2. _Kúblái’s Administration. The Rise of Ahmad._ 3. _The term |Bailo|._ 4. _The Conspiracy against Ahmad as related by Gaubil from the Chinese._ 5. _Marco’s presence and upright conduct commemorated in the Chinese Annals. The Kaan’s prejudice against Mahomedans._ XXIV.—HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSETH THE BARK OF TREES, MADE INTO SOMETHING LIKE PAPER, TO PASS FOR MONEY OVER ALL HIS COUNTRY 423 NOTE.—_Chinese Paper Currency._