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._