The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano

4. _Prester John._

XLVII.—OF CHINGHIS, AND HOW HE BECAME THE FIRST KAAN OF THE TARTARS 238 NOTES.—1. _Chronology._ 2. _Relations between Chinghiz and Aung Khan, the Prester John of Polo._ XLVIII.—HOW CHINGHIS MUSTERED HIS PEOPLE TO MARCH AGAINST PRESTER JOHN 240 XLIX.—HOW PRESTER JOHN MARCHED TO MEET CHINGHIS 241 NOTES.—1. _Plain of Tanduc._ 2. _Divination by Twigs and Arrows._ L.—THE BATTLE BETWEEN CHINGHIS KAAN AND PRESTER JOHN. DEATH OF CHINGHIS 244 NOTE.—_Real circumstances and date of the Death of Chinghiz._ LI.—OF THOSE WHO DID REIGN AFTER CHINGHIS KAAN, AND OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS 245 NOTES.—1. _Origin of the |Cambuscan| of Chaucer._ 2. _Historical Errors._ 3. _The Place of Sepulture of Chinghiz._ 4. _Barbarous Funeral Superstition._ LII.—CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS OF THE TARTARS 251 NOTES.—1. _Tartar Huts._ 2. _Tartar Waggons._ 3. _Pharaoh’s Rat._ 4. _Chastity of the Women._ 5. _Polygamy and Marriage Customs._ LIII.—CONCERNING THE GOD OF THE TARTARS 256 NOTES.—1. _The old Tartar idols._ 2. _Kumiz._ LIV.—CONCERNING THE TARTAR CUSTOMS OF WAR 260 NOTES.—1. _Tartar Arms._ 2. _The Decimal Division of their Troops._ 3. _Textual._ 4. _Blood-drinking._ 5. _|Kurút|, or Tartar Curd._ 6. _The Mongol military rapidity and terrorism._ 7. _Corruption of their Nomade simplicity._ LV.—CONCERNING THE ADMINISTERING OF JUSTICE AMONG THE TARTARS 266 NOTES.—1. _The Cudgel._ 2. _Punishment of Theft._ 3. _Marriage of the Dead._ 4. _Textual._ LVI.—SUNDRY PARTICULARS ON THE PLAIN BEYOND CARACORON 269 NOTES.—1. _Textual._ 2. _Bargu, the Mecrit, the Reindeer, and Chase of Water-fowl._ 3. _The bird |Barguerlac|, the Syrrhaptes._ 4. _Gerfalcons._ LVII.—OF THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL, AND PROVINCE OF SINJU 274 NOTES.—1. _Erguiul._ 2. _Siningfu._ 3. _The Yak._ 4. _The Musk Deer._ 5. _Reeves’s Pheasant._ LVIII.—OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA 281 NOTES.—1. _Egrigaia._ 2. _Calachan._ 3. _White Camels, and Camlets: Siclatoun._ LIX.—CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF PRESTER JOHN 284 NOTES.—1. _The name and place Tenduc. King George._ 2. _Standing Marriage Compact. The title |Gurgán|._ 3. _Azure._ 4. _The terms |Argon| and |Guasmul|. The |Dungens|._ 5. _The Rampart of Gog and Magog._ 6. _Tartary cloths._ 7. _Siuen-hwa fu._ LX.—CONCERNING THE KAAN’S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR 296 NOTES.—1. _Palace._ 2. _The word |Sesnes|._ 3. _Chagan-nor._