Account of Regions Visited or heard of on the Journey from the Lesser Armenia to the Court of the Great Kaan at Chandu.

I.—­HERE THE BOOK BEGINS; AND FIRST IT SPEAKS OF THE LESSER HERMENIA

  NOTES.—­1.  Little Armenia. 2.  Meaning of Chasteaux. 3.  Sickliness of
  Cilician Coast. 4.  The phrase “fra terre.”

II.—­CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TURCOMANIA

  NOTES.—­1.  Brutality of the people. 2.  Application of name Turcomania. 
  Turcoman Hordes.

III.—­DESCRIPTION OF THE GREATER HERMENIA

  NOTES.—­1.  Erzingan. Buckrams, what were they? 2.  Erzrum. 3.  Baiburt.
  4.  Ararat. 5.  Oil wells of Baku.

IV.—­OF GEORGIANIA AND THE KINGS THEREOF

NOTES.—­1.  Georgian Kings. 2.  The Georgians. 3.  The Iron Gates and Wall of Alexander. 4.  Box forests. 5.  Goshawks. 6.  Fish Miracle. 7.  Sea of Ghel or Ghelan.  Names ending in _-an_. 8.  Names of the Caspian, and navigation thereon. 9.  Fish in the Caspian.

V.—­OF THE KINGDOM OF MAUSUL

  NOTES.—­1.  Atabeks of Mosul. 2.  Nestorian and Jacobite Christians.
  3.  Mosolins. 4.  The Kurds. 5.  Mush and Mardin.

VI.—­OF THE GREAT CITY OF BAUDAS, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN

  NOTES.—­1.  Baudas, or Baghdad. 2.  Island of Kish. 3.  Basra.
  4.  Baldachins and other silk textures; Animal patterns. 5, 6.  Hulaku’s
  Expedition. 7.  The Death of the Khalif Mosta’sim. 8.  Froissart.

VII.—­HOW THE CALIF OF BAUDAS TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS LAND

  NOTES.—­1.  Chronology. 2.  “Ses Regisles et ses Casses.”

VIII.—­HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE IN GREAT DISMAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CALIF HAD SAID

  NOTE.—­The word “cralantur.”

IX.—­HOW THE ONE-EYED COBLER WAS DESIRED TO PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIANS

X.—­HOW THE PRAYER OF THE ONE-EYED COBLER CAUSED THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE

  NOTE.—­The Mountain Miracle.

XI.—­OF THE NOBLE CITY OF TAURIS

  NOTES.—­1.  Tabriz. 2.  Cremesor. 3.  Traffic at Tabriz. 4.  The Torizi.
  5.  Character of City and People.

XII.—­OF THE MONASTERY OF SAINT BARSAMO ON THE BORDERS OF TAURIS

  NOTE.—­The Monastery of Barsauma.

XIII.—­OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS

  NOTES.—­1.  Kala’ Atishparastan. 2.  The Three Kings.

XIV.—­HOW THE THREE KINGS RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY

  NOTES.—­1.  The three mystic Gifts. 2.  The Worshipped Fire. 3.  Savah and
  Avah.  The Legend in Mas’udi.  Embellishments of the Story of the Magi.