NOTES.—1. Tana, and the
Konkan. 2. Incense of Western India.
XXVIII.—CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF CAMBAET
NOTE.—Somnath, and the so-called
Gates of Somnath.
XXX.—CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KESMACORAN
NOTES.—1. Kij-Mekran.
Limit of India. 2. Recapitulation of Polo’s
Indian
Kingdoms.
XXXI.—DISCOURSETH OF THE TWO ISLANDS CALLED
MALE AND FEMALE, AND WHY THEY
ARE SO CALLED
NOTE.—The Legend and its diffusion.
NOTES.—1. Whales of the
Indian Seas. 2. Socotra and its former
Christianity. 3. Piracy at Socotra.
4. Sorcerers.
XXXIII.—CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF MADEIGASCAR
NOTES.—1. Madagascar;
some confusion here with Magadoxo. 2. Sandalwood.
3. Whale-killing. The Capidoglio
or Sperm-Whale. 4. The Currents towards the
South. 5. The Rukh (and see Appendix L. 11). 6.
More on the dimensions assigned thereto. 7.
Hippopotamus Teeth.
NOTES.—1. Zangibar; Negroes.
2. Ethiopian Sheep. 3. Giraffes. 4.
Ivory trade. 5. Error about Elephant-taming.
6. Number of Islands assigned to the Indian
Sea. 7. The Three Indies, and various distributions
thereof. Polo’s Indian Geography.
XXXV.—TREATING OF THE GREAT PROVINCE OF
ABASH, WHICH IS MIDDLE INDIA, AND IS ON THE MAINLAND
NOTES.—1. Habash or Abyssinia.
Application of the name India to it. 2. Fire
Baptism ascribed to the Abyssinian Christians. 3.
Polo’s idea of the position of Aden. 4.
Taming of the African Elephant for War. 5.
Marco’s Story of the Abyssinian Invasion of the
Mahomedan Low-Country, and Review of Abyssinian
Chronology in connection therewith. 6. Textual.
NOTES.—1. The Trade to
Alexandria from India via Aden. 2. “Roncins
a
deux selles.” 3. The Sultan
of Aden. The City and its Great Tanks.
4. The Loss of Acre.
XXXVII.—CONCERNING THE CITY OF ESHER
NOTES.—1. Shihr. 2.
Frankincense. 3. Four-horned Sheep. 4. Cattle
fed on
Fish. 5. Parallel passage.
NOTES.—1. Dhofar. 2.
Notes on Frankincense.
XXXIX.—CONCERNING THE GULF OF CALATU, AND THE CITY SO CALLED
NOTES.—1. Kalhat. 2. “En
fra terre.” 3. Maskat.
