Figs. 6, 7, 8 are SARACEN, 6 and 7 are taken from the work of _Reinaud and Favé, Du Feu Grégeois_, and by them from the Arabic MS. of _Hassan al Raumah_ (_Arab Anc. Fonds_, No. 1127). Fig. 8 is from _Lord Munster’s Arabic Catalogue_ of Military Works, and by him from a MS. of _Rashiduddin’s History_. The remainder are EUROPEAN. Fig. 9 is from _Pertz, Scriptores_, vol. xviii., and by him from a figure of the Siege of Arbicella, 1227, in a MS. of _Genoese Annals_ (No. 773, _Supp. Lat._ of _Bib. Imp._). Fig. 10 from _Shaw’s Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages_, vol. i., No. 21, after _B. Mus. MS. Reg._ 16, _G._ vi. Fig. 11 from _Pertz_ as above, under A.D. 1182. Fig. 12, from _Valturius de Re Militari_, Verona, 1483. Figs. 13 and 14 from the _Poliorceticon_ of _Justus Lipsius_. Fig. 15 is after the Bodleian MS. of the Romance of Alexander (A.D. 1338), but is taken from the _Gentleman’s Magazine_, 3rd ser. vol. vii. p. 467. Fig. 16 from Lacroix’s _Art au Moyen Age_, after a miniature of 13th cent. in the Paris Library. Figs. 17 and 18 from the Emperor Napoleon’s _Études de l’Artillerie_, and by him taken from the MS. of _Paulus Santinus_ (Lat. MS. 7329 in Paris Library). Fig. 19 from Professor Moseley’s restoration of a Trebuchet, after the data in the Mediæval Note-book of _Villars de Honcourt_, in _Gentleman’s Magazine_ as above. Figs. 20 and 21 from the Emperor’s Book. Fig. 22 from a German MS. in the Bern Library, the _Chronicle of Justinger and Schilling_. 169. COIN from a treasure hidden during the siege of SIANG-YANG in 1268–73, and lately discovered in that city. 172. Island MONASTERIES on the YANG-TZŬ KIANG; viz.:— 1. _Uppermost_. The “Little Orphan Rock,” after a cut in _Oliphant’s Narrative_. 2. _Middle_. The “Golden Island” near Chin-kiang fu, after _Fisher’s China_. (This has been accidentally reversed in the drawing.) 3. _Lower_. The “_Silver Island_,” below the last, after Mr. Lindley’s book on the T’ai-P’ings. 177. The West Gate of CHIN-KIANG FU. From an engraving in _Fisher’s China_ after a sketch made by _Admiral Stoddart_, R.N., in 1842. 183. South-West Gate and Water Gate of SU-CHAU; facsimile on half scale from the incised Map of 1247. (See List of Inserted Plates preceding, under p. 182.) 193. The old LUH-HO-TA or Pagoda of Six Harmonies near HANG-CHAU, and anciently marking the extreme S.W. angle of the city. Drawn by Q. CENNI from an anonymous photograph received from the _Rev. G. Moule_. 196. Imperial City of HANG-CHAU in the 13th Century.