NOTES.—1. Kaunchi Khan.
2. Siberia. 3. Dog-sledges. 4. The animal
here
styled Erculin. The Vair.
5. Yugria.
NOTES.—1. The Land of
Darkness. 2. The Legend of the Mares and their
Foals. 3. Dumb Trade with the People
of the Darkness.
XXII.—DESCRIPTION OF ROSIA AND ITS PEOPLE. PROVINCE OF LAC
NOTES.—1. Old Accounts
of Russia. Russian Silver and Rubles. 2.
Lac, or
Wallachia. 3. Oroech, Norway (?)
or the Waraeg Country (?)
XXIII.—HE BEGINS TO SPEAK OF THE STRAITS
OF CONSTANTINOPLE, BUT DECIDES TO LEAVE THAT MATTER
NOTES.—1. The Comanians;
the Alans; Majar; Zic; the Goths of the Crimea;
Gazaria. 2. The Khans of Kipchak
or the Golden Horde; errors in Polo’s
list. Extent of their Empire.
XXV.—OF THE WAR THAT AROSE BETWEEN ALAU
AND BARCA, AND THE BATTLES THAT THEY FOUGHT (Extracts
and Substance.)
NOTES.—1. Verbal. 2.
The Sea of Sarai. 3. The War here spoken of.
Wassaf’s rigmarole.
XXVII.—[1]HOW ALAU ADDRESSED HIS FOLLOWERS
XXIX.—HOW TOTAMANGU WAS LORD OF THE TARTARS
OF THE PONENT; AND AFTER HIM TOCTAI
NOTE.—Confusions in the Text.
Historical circumstances connected with
the Persons spoken of. Toctai and
Noghai Khan. Symbolic Messages.
XXXI.—[1]HOW TOCTAI MARCHED AGAINST NOGAI
XXXII.—[1]HOW TOCTAI AND NOGAI ADDRESS
THEIR PEOPLE, AND THE NEXT DAY JOIN BATTLE
XXXIV. AND LAST. CONCLUSION
[1] Of chapters so marked nothing is given but the
substance in brief.
A. Genealogy of the House of Chinghiz to the End of the Thirteenth Century
B. The Polo Families:—
(I.) Genealogy of the Family of Marco
Polo the Traveller
(II.) The Polos of San Geremia
C. Calendar of Documents relating to Marco Polo and
his Family
D. Comparative Specimens of the Different Recensions
of Polo’s Text
E. Preface to Pipino’s Latin Version
F. Note of MSS. of Marco Polo’s Book, so far
as known:
General Distribution of MSS.
List of Miniatures in two of the finer
MSS.
List of MSS. of Marco Polo’s Book,
so far as they are known
