XV.—­OF THE EIGHT KINGDOMS OF PERSIA, AND HOW THEY ARE NAMED

  NOTES.—­1.  The Eight Kingdoms. 2.  Export of Horses, and Prices.
  3.  Persian Brigands. 4.  Persian wine.

XVI.—­CONCERNING THE GREAT CITY OF YASDI

  NOTES.—­1.  Yezd. 2.  Yezd to Kerman.  The Woods spoken of.

XVII.—­CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF KERMAN

  NOTES.—­1.  City and Province of Kerman. 2.  Turquoises. 3. Ondanique or
  Indian Steel. 4.  Manufactures of Kerman. 5.  Falcons.

XVIII.—­OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS

  NOTES.—­1.  Products of the warmer plains. 2.  Humped oxen and fat-tailed
  sheep. 3. Scarani. 4.  The Karaunahs and Nigudarian Bands.
  5.  Canosalmi.

XIX.—­OF THE DESCENT TO THE CITY OF HORMOS

NOTES.—­1.  Site of Old Hormuz and Geography of the route from Kerman to Hormuz. 2.  Dates and Fish Diet. 3.  Stitched Vessels. “One rudder,” why noticed as peculiar. 4.  Great heat at Hormuz. 5.  The Simum. 6.  History of Hormuz, and Polo’s Ruomedan Acomat. 7.  Second Route between Hormuz and Kerman.

XX.—­OF THE WEARISOME AND DESERT ROAD THAT HAS NOW TO BE TRAVELLED

  NOTES.—­1.  Kerman to Kubenan. 2.  Desert of Lut. 3.  Subterraneous Canals.

XXI.—­CONCERNING THE CITY OF COBINAN AND THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE THERE

  NOTES.—­1.  Kuh-Banan. 2.  Production of Tutia.

XXII.—­OF A CERTAIN DESERT THAT CONTINUES FOR EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY

  NOTES.—­1.  Deserts of Khorasan. 2.  The Arbre Sol or Arbre Sec.

XXIII.—­CONCERNING THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

  NOTE.—­The Assassins, Hashishin, or Mulahidah.

XXIV.—­HOW THE OLD MAN USED TO TRAIN HIS ASSASSINS

  NOTES.—­1.  The story widely spread.  Notable murders by the Sectaries.
  2.  Their different branches.

XXV.—­HOW THE OLD MAN CAME BY HIS END

  NOTE.—­History of the apparent Destruction of the Sect by Hulaku; its
  survival to the present time.  Castles of Alamut and Girdkuh.

XXVI.—­CONCERNING THE CITY OF SAPURGAN

  NOTE.—­Shibrgan, and the route followed.  Dried Melons.

XXVII.—­OF THE CITY OF BALC

  NOTES.—­1.  Balkh. 2.  Country meant by Dogana. 3.  Lions in the Oxus
  Valley.

XXVIII.—­OF TAICAN, AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SALT.  ALSO OF THE PROVINCE OF CASEM

  NOTES.—­1.  Talikan. 2.  Mines of Rock-salt. 3.  Ethnological
  characteristics. 4.  Kishm. 5.  Porcupines. 6.  Cave dwellings. 7.  Old and
  New Capitals of Badakhshan.