Notes.—1. Route from
Hang-chau southward. 2. Bamboos. 3. Identification
of places. Chang-shan the key to
the route.
LXXX.—CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF FUJU
Notes.—1. “Fruit
like Saffron.” 2. 3. Cannibalism ascribed
to Mountain Tribes on this route. 4 Kien-ning fu.
5. Galingale. 6. Fleecy Fowls. 7.
Details of the Journey in Fo-kien and various readings.
8. Unken. Introduction of Sugar-refining
into China.
Notes.—1. The name
Chonka, applied to Fo-kien here. Cayton
or
Zayton. 2. Objections that
have been made to identity of Fuju and
Fu-chau. 3. The Min River.
LXXXII.—OF THE CITY AND GREAT HAVEN OF ZAYTON
NOTES.—1. The Camphor
Laurel. 2. The Port of Zayton or T’swan-chau;
Recent objections to this identity. Probable
origin of the word Satin. 3. Chinese Consumption
of Pepper. 4. Artists in Tattooing. 5. Position
of the Porcelain manufacture spoken of. Notions
regarding the Great River of China. 6.
Fo-kien dialects and variety of spoken language in
China. 7. From Ramusio.
Japan, the Archipelago, Southern India, and the Coasts
and Islands of the Indian Sea.
NOTES.—1. Pine Timber.
2. Rudder and Masts. 3. Watertight Compartments.
4. Chinese substitute for Pitch.
5. Oars used by Junks. 6. Descriptions
of Chinese Junks from other Mediaeval
Writers.
II.—DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF CHIPANGU,
AND THE GREAT KAAN’S DESPATCH OF A HOST AGAINST
IT.
NOTES.—1. Chipangu or
Japan. 2. Abundance of Gold. 3. The Golden
Palace.
4. Japanese Pearls. Red Pearls.
NOTES.—1. Kublai’s
attempts against Japan. Japanese Narrative of
the
Expedition here spoken of. (See App.
L. 9.) 2. Species of Torture.
3. Devices to procure Invulnerability.
IV.—CONCERNING THE FASHION OF THE IDOLS
NOTES.—1. Many-limbed
Idols. 2. The Philippines and Moluccas. 3.
The
name Chin or China. 4.
The Gulf of Cheinan.
NOTES.—1. Champa, and
Kublai’s dealings with it. (See App. L.
10).
2. Chronology. 3. Eagle-wood
and Ebony. Polo’s use of Persian words.
VI.—CONCERNING THE GREAT ISLAND OF JAVA
