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The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa;Marco Polo
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NOTES.--1. Zangibar; Negroes. 2. Ethiopian Sheep. 3. Giraffes. 4. Ivory
trade. 5. Error about Elephant-taming. 6. Number of Islands assigned to
the Indian Sea. 7. The Three Indies, and various distributions thereof.
Polo's Indian Geography.

XXXV.--TREATING OF THE GREAT PROVINCE OF ABASH, WHICH IS MIDDLE INDIA, AND
IS ON THE MAINLAND

NOTES.--1. Habash or Abyssinia. Application of the name India to it.
2. Fire Baptism ascribed to the Abyssinian Christians. 3. Polo's idea of
the position of Aden. 4. Taming of the African Elephant for War.
5. Marco's Story of the Abyssinian Invasion of the Mahomedan Low-Country,
and Review of Abyssinian Chronology in connection therewith. 6. Textual.

XXXVI.--CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF ADEN

NOTES.--1. The Trade to Alexandria from India viâ Aden. 2. "_Roncins à
deux selles_." 3. The Sultan of Aden. The City and its Great Tanks.
4. The Loss of Acre.

XXXVII.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF ESHER

NOTES.--1. Shihr. 2. Frankincense. 3. Four-horned Sheep. 4. Cattle fed on
Fish. 5. Parallel passage.

XXXVIII.--CONCERNING THE CITY OF DUFAR

NOTES.--1. Dhofar. 2. Notes on Frankincense.

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