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this cut really supported his view of the identity of Zayton, being a view of the _Chang-chau_ River, reference was made to Admiral Stoddart, and Dr. Douglas proves to be quite right. The View was really one of the Chang-chau River; but the Editor has not been able to procure material for one of the Tswan-chau River, and so he leaves it.
BOOK THIRD
The KAAN'S FLEET passing through the Indian ARCHIPELAGO. From a drawing by the Editor.
Ancient JAPANESE EMPEROR, after a Native Drawing. From the Tour du Monde.
Ancient JAPANESE ARCHER, after a native drawing. From the same.
The JAPANESE engaged in combat with the CHINESE, after an ancient native drawing. From Charton, Voyageurs Anciens et Modernes.
JAVA. A view in the interior. From a sketch of the slopes of the Ged��h Volcano, taken by the Editor in 1860.
Bas Relief of one of the VESSELS frequenting the Ports of JAVA in the Middle Ages. From one of the sculptures of the BORO BODOR, after a photograph.
The three Asiatic RHINOCEROSES. Adapted from a proof of a woodcut given to the Editor for the purpose by the late eminent zoologist, Edward Blyth. It is not known to the Editor whether the cut appeared in any other publication.
MONOCEROS and the MAIDEN. From a mediaeval drawing engraved in _Cahier et Martin, M��langes d'Arch��ologie_, II. Pl. 30.
The BOR��S. From a manuscript belonging to the late CHARLES SCHEFER, now in the _Biblioth��que Nationale_, Paris.
The CYNOCEPHALI. From the Livre des Merveilles.
ADAM'S PEAK from the Sea.
SAKYA MUNI as a Saint of the Roman Martyrology. Facsimile from an old German version of the story of Barlaam and Josaphat (circa 1477), printed by Zainer at Augsburg, in the British Museum.
TOOTH Reliques of BUDDHA. 1. At Kandy, after Emerson Tennent. 2. At Fu-chau, after Fortune.
"CHINESE PAGODA" (so called) at Negapatam. From a sketch taken by Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I., in 1846.
PAGODA at TANJORE. From _Fergusson's History of Architecture_.
Ancient CROSS with Pehlvi Inscription, preserved in the church on ST. THOMAS'S MOUNT near Madras. From a photograph, the gift of A. Burnell, Esq., of the Madras Civil Service, assisted by a lithographic drawing in his unpublished pamphlet on Pehlvi Crosses in South India. N.B.--The lithograph has now appeared in the _Indian Antiquary_, November, 1874.
The Little MOUNT of ST. THOMAS, near Madras. After Daniel.
Small Map of the ST. THOMAS localities at Madras.
Ancient Christian CHURCH at PAR��R or Pal��r, on the Malabar Coast; from an engraving in Pearson's _Life of Claudius Buchanan_, after a sketch by the latter.
SYRIAN CHURCH at Karanyachirra, showing the quasi-Jesuit Fa?ade generally adopted in modern times. From the Life of Bishop Daniel Wilson.
INTERIOR of Syrian CHURCH at K?tteiyam. From the same.
CAPE COMORIN. From an original sketch by Mr. FOOTE of the Geological Survey of India.
MOUNT D'ELY. From a nautical sketch of last century.
Mediaeval ARCHITECTURE in GUZERAT, being a view of Gateway at Jinjaw��ra, given in Forbes's Ras Mala. From _Fergusson's History of Architecture_.
The GATES of SOMNATH (so called), as preserved in the British Arsenal at Agra. From a photograph by Messrs. SHEPHERD and BOURNE, converted into an elevation.
The RUKH, after a Persian drawing. From _Lane's Arabian Nights_.
Frontispiece of A. M��ller's _Marco Polo_, showing the Bird Rukh.
The ETHIOPIAN SHEEP. From a sketch by Miss Catherine Frere.
View of ADEN in 1840. From a sketch by Dr. R. KIRK in the Map-room of the Royal Geographical Society.
The Harvest of FRANKINCENSE in Arabia. Facsimile of an engraving in _Thevet's Cosmographie Universelle_ (1575). Reproduced from _Cassell's Bible Educator_, by the courtesy of the publishers.
BOSWELLIA FREREANA, from a drawing by Mr. W.H. FITCH. The use of this engraving is granted by the India Museum through the kindness of Sir George Birdwood.
A Persian B��D-G��R, or Wind-Catcher. From a drawing in the Atlas to _Hommaire de Hell's Persia_. Engraved by ADENEY.
BOOK FOURTH.
Tomb of OLJAITU KHAN, the brother of Polo's CASAN, at Sultaniah. From _Fergusson's History of Architecture_.
The Siberian DOG-SLEDGE. From the Tour du Monde.
Mediaeval RUSSIAN Church. From _Fergusson's History of Architecture_.
Figure of a TARTAR under the Feet of Henry Duke of Silesia, Cracow, and Poland, from the tomb at Breslau of that Prince, killed in battle with the Tartar host, 9th April, 1241. After a plate in _Schlesische F��rstenbilder des Mittelalters_, Breslau, 1868.
Asiatic WARRIORS of Polo's Age. From the MS. of Rashiduddin's History, noticed under cut at p. 19. Engraved by ADENEY.
APPENDICES.
FIGURE of MARCO POLO, from the first printed edition of his Book, published in German at Nuremberg 1477. Traced from a copy in the Berlin Library. (This tracing was the gift of Mr. Samuel D. Horton, of Cincinnati, through Mr. Marsh.)
Marco Polo's rectified Itinerary from Khotan to Nia.

THE BOOK OF MARCO POLO
[Illustration: MARCO POLO in the Prison of Genoa]

BOOK SECOND.--CONTINUED.

PART II.--JOURNEY TO THE WEST AND SOUTH-WEST OF CATHAY.

CHAPTER XXXV
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HERE BEGINS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERIOR OF CATHAY, AND FIRST OF THE RIVER PULISANGHIN.
Now you must know that the Emperor sent the aforesaid