. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . s only (asSinda-ciu, Caiciu) he has -cin instead of -giu. The chapter-headings I have generally taken fromPanthiers Text, but they are no essential part of the originalwork, and they have been slightly modified or enlarged where itseemed desirable. tehr/Ib! 1 see the ^jabcn nigh at ^$)anrj,0 tohich I meanc rog toeaxie Ccrnrsc to bznb;^zxz the maine <Shcte, ani btaxt xxp toith the |Cnno,%hz tohich afxrte is fagrlg to bz kzrib,£Lxtb seemcih sate fxom <Stonns that ntag xrfrenb. %\texe z\\z mg Jfee-


. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . s only (asSinda-ciu, Caiciu) he has -cin instead of -giu. The chapter-headings I have generally taken fromPanthiers Text, but they are no essential part of the originalwork, and they have been slightly modified or enlarged where itseemed desirable. tehr/Ib! 1 see the ^jabcn nigh at ^$)anrj,0 tohich I meanc rog toeaxie Ccrnrsc to bznb;^zxz the maine <Shcte, ani btaxt xxp toith the |Cnno,%hz tohich afxrte is fagrlg to bz kzrib,£Lxtb seemcih sate fxom <Stonns that ntag xrfrenb. %\texe z\\z mg Jfee-ble $arke a tohile mag stag,^iU merg SUgnu attb leather rail her thence atoag. —The Faerie Queene, I. xii. i. * I am quite sensible of the diffidence with which any outsider should touch anyquestion of Chinese language or orthography. A Chinese scholar and missionary(Mr. Moule) objects to my spelling chau, whilst he, I see, uses chow. I imagine wemean the same sound, according to the spelling which I try to use throughout thebook. Dr. C. Douglas, another missionary scholar, writes chau. iinm** H,,,,,, « marco polos itineraries,:n? i. (Prologue ; Book I, Chapters 136; and Book 1VV Jfanws not used by Tola are in brackets. J-u-st Houle of the Elder J>olos ???*??*• Outward Jlouie of MarcoTolv Homeward «• ?=- = = = = = = -==


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