NOTES.—­1.  Tana, and the Konkan. 2.  Incense of Western India.

XXVIII.—­CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF CAMBAET

  NOTE.—­Cambay.

XXIX.—­CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF SEMENAT

  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.

XXXII.—­CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF SCOTRA

  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.

XXXIV.—­CONCERNING THE ISLAND OF ZANGHIBAR.  A WORD ON INDIA IN GENERAL

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.

XXXVI.—­CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ADEN

  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.

XXXVIII.—­CONCERNING THE CITY OF DUFAR

  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.

XL.—­RETURNS TO THE CITY OF HORMOS WHEREOF WE SPOKE FORMERLY