352. “_Table d’Or de Commandement_;” the PAÏZA of the MONGOLS, from a specimen found in Siberia. _Reduced to one-half the scale of the original, from an engraving in a paper by_ I. J. Schmidt _in the_ Bulletin de la Classe Historico-Philologique de l’Acad. Imp. des Sciences, St.-Pétersbourg, tom. iv. No. 9. 355. Second Example of a Mongol Païza with superscription in the Uighúr character, found near the Dnieper River, 1845. From _Trans. of the Oriental Section, Imp. Soc. of Archæology_ of St. Petersburg, vol. v. The Inscription on this runs: “_By the strength of Eternal Heaven, and thanks to Its Great Power, the Man who obeys not the order of Abdullah shall be guilty, shall die._” 376. Plan of PEKING as it is, and as it was about A.D. 1290. 426. BANK-NOTE of the MING Dynasty, on one-half the scale of the original. Reduced from a genuine note in the possession of the British Museum. Was brought back from Peking after the siege of the Legations in 1900. 448. Mongol “Compendium Instrument.” 450. Mongol Armillary Sphere. 452. Observatory Terrace. 454. Observatory Instruments of the Jesuits. All these from photographs kindly lent to the present Editor by Count de Semallé. _last Marco Polo’s Itineraries. No. IV. EASTERN ASIA. This includes page_ also Sketch Map of the Ruins of SHANGTU, after Dr. BUSHELL; and Enlarged Sketch of the Passage of the Hwang-ho or Karamoran on the road to Si-ngan fu (see vol. ii. pp. 25–27) from the data of _Baron von Richthofen_. WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT. INTRODUCTORY NOTICES. _Page_ x. A MEDIÆVAL SHIP. xxvi. COAT OF ARMS of Sir HENRY YULE. _7._ ARMS of the POLO family, according to Priuli. _8._ ARMS of the POLO family, according to Marco Barbaro. (See p. 7, note.) _13._ Autograph of HETHUM or HAYTON I. King of (Cilician) Armenia; copied from _Codice Diplomatico del Sacro Militare Ordine Gerosolemitano_, I. 135. The signature is attached to a French document without date, granting the King’s Daughter “Damoiselle Femie” (Euphemia) in marriage to Sire Julian, son of the Lady of Sayete (Sidon). The words run: _Thagávor Haiwetz_ (“Rex Armenorum”), followed by the King’s cypher or monogram; but the initial letter is absent, probably worn off the original document. _18._ The PIAZZETTA at VENICE in the 14th century. From a portion of the Frontispiece Miniature of the MS. of Marco Polo in the Bodleian. (Borrowed from the _National Miscellany_, published by J. H. Parker, Oxford, for 1853–55; and see _Street’s Brick and Marble_, etc., 1855, pp. 150–151.) [See vol. ii. p. 529.]