The Travels of Marco Polo Volume II Part 117

Bohea country.

Bohra, sect of W. India.

Boikoff, Russian Envoy.

Bokhara (Bocara).

Boleyn, Anne, her use of buckram.

Bolgana, Queen, see Bulughan.

Bolgarskoye (called also Uspenskoye).

_Bolghar, borgal, borghal_, Russia leather.

Bolghar (Bolgara), on the Volga, ruins of; court of.

Bolivar, Padre, S.J., his account of the Condor (_Rukh_) of Africa.

Bolor.

Bombay.

Bonaparte, Prince Roland, _Recueil des Doc.u.ments de l'epoque Mongole_.

Bonga.

Bonheur, Rosa.

Boniface VIII., Pope.

Bonin, C.E.

Bonoccio di Mestro.

Bonpos, old Tibetan Sect.

Bonus, ebony.

Bonvalot.

Book of Marco Polo, its contents; original language, French; oldest Italian MS.; "Geographic Text," in rude French; various types of Text-- (1) "Geographic,".

(2) Pauthier's MSS.

(3) Pipino's Latin, Preface to; Grynaeus' Latin; Mullers' reprint.

(4) Ramusio's Italian edition, its peculiarities; probable truth about it; bases of it.

MS. and some of its peculiarities; general view of the relations of the texts; notice of an old Irish version; geographical data; how far influenced in form by Rustician; perhaps in description of battles; diffusion and number of MSS.; basis of present version; specimens of different recensions of text; distribution of MSS.; miniatures in; list of MSS.; Tabular view of the filiation of chief MSS.; Bibliography; t.i.tles of works cited; Spanish edition.

Bore in Hang-chau Estuary.

_Borgal, see Bolghar_.

Bormans, Stanislas.

Born, Bertram de.

Borneo, camphor, _see_ Camphor.

---- tailed men of.

Boro Bodor, Buddhist Monument, Java.

Borrak, Amir, Prince of Kerman (Kutlugh Sultan?).

---- Khan of Chaghatai, _see_ Barac.

Borus, the.

Bostam.

_Boswellia thurifera, serrata; Carterii; Bhauda-jiana; papyrifera; Frereana; glabra_.

Bouqueran, _see_ Buckram.

Bourne, F.S.A.

Boxwood forests in Georgia.

_Bozzi_.

Bra, the word.

Bracelets, in Anin.

Bragadino, Marco, husband of Marco Polo's daughter, Fantina.

---- Pietro.

Brahmanical thread.

Brahmans (Abraiaman), fish-charmers to the pearl fishery; their character and virtues; their king; their omens; longevity; _Chughi_; Palladian legend of.

Brahma's temple, Hang-chau.

Brahuis.

Brakhimof, early capital of Bulgaria.

Brambanan, ruins at.

Bran (Tibetan _tsamba_), parched barley.

Brazil wood, in Locac, in Sumatra; manner of growth; in Ceylon; in Coilum (_Coilumin_); different kinds; vicissitudes of the word; its use prohibited by Painters' Guild.

Bread, bitter.

Brephung monastery.

_Bretesche_.

Bretschneider, Dr. Emil (_Medical Researches_), ruins of Bolghar, the Uighur character; Caucasian Wall; use of muslin in Samarkand; on _nakh_ and _nachetti_; Hulaku's expedition to West Asia; an extract from the _Yuan Si_; Badakhshan; Kashgar; Shachau; Kamul; Chingintalas; the _Stipa inebrians_; the Utiken Uigurs; Erdenidso Monastery; Belasagun; death of Chinghiz; _tung lo_ or _k.u.miz_; Kublai's death; Peking; _verniques_; clepsydra; the Bularguchi; Achmath's biography; paper-money; post stations; Chinese intoxicating drinks; regulations for time of dearth; Lu-Ku-K'iao Bridge; introduction of plants from Asia into China; _morus alba_; Tibet; bamboo explosions; the Si-fans; Cara-jang and Chagan-jang; Nasr-uddin; the Alans; rhubarb in Tangut; Polo's "large pears"; on galangal; on sugar; on Zayton; on wood-oil; on ostrich; on Si-la-ni; on frankincense; on Magyars; on Mongol invasion of Poland and Silesia.

Brichu (Brius, the Upper Kiang).

Bridges of Pulisanghin, Sindafu (Ch'engtu); Suchau; Kinsay; Kien-ning fu; Fuchau; Zayton, or Chinchau.

Brine-wells, _see_ Salt.

Brius River (Kin-sha Kiang, Gold River).

Brown, G.G.

---- Sir Thomas, on Polo.

Bruce's Abyssinian Chronology.

Brunetto Latini's Book, _Li Tresor_.

Brunhilda.

Bruun, Professor Ph., of Odessa.

Bucephala, of Alexander.

Bucephalus, breed of.

Buckrams, of Arzinga, described; etymology; at Mardin; in Tibet; at Mutfili; Malabar.

Buddha, _see_ Sakya Muni.

Buddhism, Buddhists, _see_ Idolatry, Idolaters.

Buddhist Decalogue.

Buffaloes in Anin.

Buffet and vessels of Kublai's table.

_Bugaei_.

Buka (Boga), a great Mongol chief.

Buka Bosha, 1st Mongolian Governor of Bokhara.

Buku Khan, of the Hoei-Hu, or Uighurs.

Bularguji (Bularguchi), "The Keeper of Lost Property".

Bulgaria, Great.

Bulughan (Bolgana), Queen.

---- another.

Bundukdar, Amir Alauddin Aidekin ("The Arblaster").

Bundukdari, Malik Dahir Ruknuddin Bibars (Bendocquedar), Mameluke Sultan of Egypt, killed by k.u.miz.

Buraets, or Burgats, the.

Burkan Kaldun.

Burma (or Ava), King of (_See_ also Mien.).

Burnell, Arthur.

Burning the Dead, _see_ Cremation.

---- heretical books.

---- paper-money, etc., at funerals.

---- Widows in South India.

Burrough, Christopher.

Burton, Captain R.F.

Bush.e.l.l, Dr. S.W., his visit to Shang-tu, on the Khitan Scripts; Tangut rulers; orders for post-horses.

Butchers, in Kashmir, Tibet; S. India.

Butiflis (Mutfili).

Butler, _Hudibras_.