The Travels of Marco Polo Volume II Part 133

Liampo (Ningpo).

Liang, or tael.

Liang-chau in Kansuh.

Liao dynasty.

Liao-tong.

Libanos, [Greek: Libanophoros] and [Greek: libanotophoros chora].

_Libro d'Oro_.

Licinius, Emperor.

Lide (Liti).

Lieuli Ho.

Lign-aloes (eagle-wood), etymology; in Sumatra.

Ligor.

_Ligurium_, the precious stone, _Liguire_.

Li H'ien, Tartar ruler of Tangut.

_Likamankwas_ of Abyssinian kings.

Li-kiang fu.

_Limyrica_.

Lindley.

Lindsay, Hon. R.

_Linga_.

Linju.

Lin-ngan (Hang-chau).

Lin-ngan in Yun-nan.

Lintching-y, or Linchinghien.

Lin-t'sing chau.

Lion and Sun.

Lions, black.

---- on the Oxus, Chinese notion of.

---- (apparently for tigers) kept for the chase by Kublai, skins of striped; how hunted with dogs (_See_ also Tigers.).

Lion's Head Tablets.

_Lire_, various Venetian.

---- of gold.

Lisbon.

Lissu, or Lisau tribe.

Litai.

Litan, rebellion of.

Lithang.

Little Orphan Rock.

Liu Pang, founder of 1st Han dynasty.

Liu Pei (Luo Pe), of the Han dynasty.

_Livre des Merveille_.

Livres of gold.

---- Parisis.

---- Tournois.

Li Yuan-hao, founder of the Hsi Hsia dynasty, Tangut.

Lo, tribes of S.W. China so-called.

---- Chinese name of part of Siam.

Lob, _see_ Lop.

Locac, kingdom of.

Lockhart, Dr. W.

_Lokok_.

Lolo tribes.

Longevity of Brahmins and Jogis.

Longfellow.

Lop, city and lake, desert.

Lophaburi.

Loping.

Lor, _see_ Luristan.

Lord, Dr. Percival.

Loss, brownish-yellow loam.

Loups cerviers (lynx).

Low castes.

Lowatong River.

Loyang, Bridge of.

Luban.

Luban-Jawi.

Luban-Shehri.

Lubbies.

Lucky and unlucky hours and days.

Luddur Deo.

Luh-ho-ta PaG.o.da, Hang-chau.

Lukon-Kiao (Hun-ho, Pulisanghin River).

Lukyn Port.

Lung-yin.

Luristan (Lor, Lur), kingdom of Persia; Great and Little; character of Lurs or people of.

Lusignan, John de.

Lut, Desert of (Dasht-i-Lut).

Lu-tzu tribe.

Lynxes, trained to hunt, in Cuncun.

Ma Twan-lin, the Chinese Pliny.

Maaden, turquoise mines at.

Maatum, or Nubia.

Ma'bar (Maabar, i.e. Coromandel coast), province of India; its brother kings; pearl fishery; etymology; limits; obscurity of history; port visited by Polo; nakedness of people, king, his jewels; his wives, "Trusty Lieges," treasure; horses imported; superst.i.tious customs; ox-wors.h.i.+p; Govis, Ib.; no horses bred; other customs; mode of arrest for debt; great heat; regard for omens; astrology, treatment of boys; birds, girls consecrated to idols; customs in sleeping; s.h.i.+ps at Madagascar.

Macartney's Map.

Macgregor, Sir C, "Journey through Khorasan".

Machin, city of (Canton).

Machin, Mahachin (Great China), used by Persian writers as synonymous with Manzi.

Maclagan, Major-General (R.E.).

Madagascar (Madeigascar), confused with Magadoxo; etymology; traces of ancient Arab colonisation.

Madai, Madavi, Maudoy.

Madjgars.

Madar-Des, Eastern Panjab.

Madras.

Madura.

Maestro, or Great Bear, said to be invisible in Sumatra.

Magadha.

Magadoxo, confused with Madagascar.

Magapatana, near Ceylon.