the Threshold._ 5. _Chinese Etiquettes._ 6. _Jugglers
at the Banquet._
XIV.—CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY YEAR
ON HIS BIRTHDAY 386
NOTES.—1. _The Chinese Year._ 2. “_Beaten Gold._” 3.
_Textual. Festal changes of costume._ 4. _Festivals._
XV.—OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON NEW YEAR’S
DAY 390
NOTES.—1. _The White Month._ 2. _Mystic value of the number
9._ 3. _Elephants at Peking._ 4. _Adoration of
Tablets. K’o-tow._
XVI.—CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS WHO RECEIVE ROBES OF
CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS,
THIRTEEN CHANGES A-PIECE 394
NOTES.—1. _Textual._ 2. _The words |Camut| and |Borgal|._