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this was one, is uncertain,
owing to the partial illegibility of the Inscription; but it is subsequent to
A.D. 1000. They were engraved on the Marble A.D. 1247. Many of the
names have been obliterated, and a few of those given in the copy are
filled up from modern information, as the Editor learns from Mr. Wylie,
to whom he owes this valuable illustration.
Map of HANG-CHAU FU and its LAKE, from Chinese Sources.
The Map as published in the former edition was based on a Chinese
Map in the possession of Dr. W. Lockhart, with some particulars from
Maps in a copy of the Local Topography, _Hang-Chau-fu-chi_, in the
B. Museum Library. In the second edition the Map has been entirely
redrawn by the Editor, with many corrections, and with the aid of new
materials, supplied by the kindness of the Rev. G. Moule of the Church
Mission at Hang-chau. These materials embrace a Paper read by Mr.
Moule before the N. China Branch of the R. As. Soc. at Shang-hai; a
modern engraved Map of the City on a large scale; and a large MS.
Map of the City and Lake, compiled by John Shing, Tailor, a Chinese
Christian and Catechist;
The small Side-plan is the City of SI-NGAN FU, from a plan published
during the Mongol rule, in the 14th century, a tracing of which was sent
by Mr. Wylie. The following references could not be introduced in
lettering for want of space:--
1. Yuen-Tu-Kwan (Tauist Monastery). 2. Chapel of Hien-ning Prince. 3.
Leih-Ching Square (Fang). 4. Tauist Monastery. 5. Kie-lin General
Court. 6. Ancestral Chapel of Yang-Wan-Kang. 7. Chapel of the
Mid-year Genius. 8. Temple of the Martial Peaceful King. 9. Stone
where officers are selected. 10. Mews. 11. Jasper-Waves Square (Fang).
12. Court of Enquiry. 13. Gate of the Fang-Yuen Circuit. 14. Bright
Gate. 15. Northern Tribunal. 16. Refectory. 17. Chapel of the
Fang-Yuen Prince. 18. Embroidery manufactory. 19. Hwa-li Temple.
20. Old Superintendency of Investigations. 21. Superintendent of
Works. 22. Ka-yuen Monastery. 23. Prefectural Confucian Temple. 24.
Benevolent Institution. 25. Temple of Tu-Ke-King. 26. Balustrade
enclosure. 27. Medicine-Bazar Street. 28. Tsin and Ching States Chapel.
29. Square of the Double Cassia Tree.
N.B.--The shaded spaces are marked in the original _Min-Keu_
"Dwellings of the People."

Plan of SOUTHERN PART of the CITY of KING-SZÉ (or Hang-chau),
with the PALACE of the SUNG EMPERORS. From a Chinese Plan
forming part of a Reprint of the official Topography of the City during
the period _Hien-Shun_ (1265-1274) of the Sung Dynasty, i.e. the
period terminated by the Mongol conquest of the City and Empire. Mr.
Moule, who possesses the Chinese plan (with others of the same set),
has come to the conclusion that it is a copy at second-hand. Names that
are underlined are such as are preserved in the modern Map of
Hang-chau. I am indebted for the use of the original plan to Mr. Moule;
for the photographic copy and rendering of the names to Mr. Wylie.
Sketch Map of the GREAT PORTS of FO-KIEN, to illustrate the
identity of Marco Polo's ZAYTON. Besides the Admiralty Charts and
other well-known sources the Editor has used in forming this a
"Missionary Map of Amoy and the Neighbouring Country," on a large
scale, sent him by the Rev. Carstairs Douglas, LL.D., of Amoy. This
contains some points not to be found in the others.
Itineraries of MARCO POLO, No. VI. The Journey through
KIANG-NAN, CHE-KIANG, and FO-XIEN.
1. Map to illustrate Marco Polo's
Chapters
on the MALAY COUNTRIES. 2. Map to illustrate his
Chapters
on SOUTHERN INDIA.
1. Sketch showing the Position of KÁYAL in Tinnevelly. 2. Map
showing the Position of the Kingdom of ELY in MALABAR.
ADEN, with the attempted Escalade under Alboquerque in 1513, being
the Reduced Facsimile of a large contemporary Wood Engraving in the
Map Department of the British Museum. (Size of the original 42-1/2
inches by 19-1/8 inches.) Photolithographic Reduction by Mr. G.B.
PRAETORIUS, through the assistance of R. H. Major, Esq.
Facsimile of the Letters sent to PHILIP the FAIR, King of France, by
ARGHÚN KHAN, in A.D. 1289, and by OLJAÏTU, in A.D. 1305,
preserved in the Archives of France, and reproduced from the _Recueil
des Documents de l'Epoque Mongole_ by kind permission of H.H.
Prince ROLAND BONAPARTE.
Some of the objects found by Dr. M.A. Stein, in Central Asia. From a

photograph kindly lent by the Traveller.

WOODCUTS PRINTED WITH THE TEXT.
BOOK SECOND.--PART SECOND.
The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN, the _Lu-ku-k'iao_ of the Chinese,
reduced from a large Chinese Engraving in the Geographical work
called _Ki-fu-thung-chi_ in the Paris Library. I owe the indication of
this, and of the Portrait of Kúblái Kaan in vol. i. to notes in M.
Pauthier's edition.
The BRIDGE of PULISANGHIN. From the Livre