The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2

Name: The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
Author: Polo, Marco

Polo, Marco

Asia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Mongols -- History; Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?; Voyages and travels

NOTES.—1. _Siju._ 2. _The Hwang-Ho and its changes._ 3.
            _Entrance to Manzi; that name for Southern China._

   LXV.—HOW THE GREAT KAAN CONQUERED THE PROVINCE OF MANZI           144

      NOTES.—1. _Meaning and application of the title |Faghfur|._
            2. _Chinese self-devotion._ 3. _Bayan the Great
            Captain._ 4. _His lines of Operation._ 5. _The Juggling
            Prophecy._ 6. _The Fall of the Sung Dynasty._ 7.
            _Exposure of Infants, and Foundling Hospitals._

  LXVI.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF COIGANJU                              151

      NOTE.—_Hwai-ngan fu._

 LXVII.—OF THE CITIES OF PAUKIN AND CAYU                             152

      NOTE.—_Pao-yng and Kao-yu._

LXVIII.—OF THE CITIES OF TIJU, TINJU, AND YANJU                      153

      NOTES.—1. _Cities between the Canal and the Sea._ 2.
            _Yang-chau._ 3. _Marco Polo’s Employment at this City._

  LXIX.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF NANGHIN                               157

      NOTE.—_Ngan-king._

   LXX.—CONCERNING THE VERY NOBLE CITY OF SAIANFU, AND HOW ITS
      CAPTURE WAS EFFECTED                                           158

      NOTES.—1. and 2. _Various Readings._ 3. _Digression on the
            Military Engines of the Middle Ages._ 4. _Mangonels of
            Cœur de Lion._ 5. _Difficulties connected with Polo’s
            Account of this Siege._

  LXXI.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF SINJU AND THE GREAT RIVER KIAN        170

      NOTES.—1. _I-chin hien._ 2. _The Great Kiang._ 3. _Vast
            amount of tonnage on Chinese Waters._ 4. _Size of River
            Vessels._ 5. _Bamboo Tow-lines._ 6. _Picturesque Island
            Monasteries._

 LXXII.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAIJU                                 174

      NOTES.—1. _Kwa-chau._ 2. _The Grand Canal and Rice-Transport._
            3. _The Golden Island._

LXXIII.—OF THE CITY OF CHINGHIANFU                                   176

      NOTE.—_Chin-kiang fu. Mar Sarghis, the Christian Governor._

 LXXIV.—OF THE CITY OF CHINGINJU AND THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN ALANS
      THERE                                                          178

      NOTES.—1. _Chang-chau._ 2. _Employment of Alans in the Mongol
            Service._ 3. _The Chang-chau Massacre. Mongol Cruelties._

  LXXV.—OF THE NOBLE CITY OF SUJU                                    181

      NOTES.—1. _Su-chau._ 2. _Bridges of that part of China._ 3.
            _Rhubarb; its mention here seems erroneous._ 4. _The
            Cities of Heaven and Earth. Ancient incised Plan of
            Su-chau._ 5. _Hu-chau, Wu-kiang, and Kya-hing._

 LXXVI.—DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT CITY OF KINSAY, WHICH IS THE
      CAPITAL OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF MANZI                          185

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