Monthly Archives: September 2006

NOTE 1.–Deguignes says that YETSINA is found in a Chinese Map of Tartary of the Mongol era, and this is confirmed by Pauthier, who reads it _Itsinai_, and adds that the text of the Map names it as one of … Continue reading →

good forty days, continually passing over mountains and hills, or through valleys, and crossing many rivers and tracts of wilderness Now, if we go on with our journey towards the east-north-east, we travel a good forty days, continually passing over … Continue reading →

issued by the Crown authorising Columbus to impress the vessels and crew if necessary Still the thing hung fire; and on June 20 a new and peremptory order was issued by the Crown authorising Columbus to impress the vessels and … Continue reading →

[Mr. Rockhill (_Diary of a Journey_, 65) writes: 'There must be some Scotch blood in the Hsi-ningites, for I find they are very fond of oatmeal and of cracked wheat. The first is called _yen-mei ch"en_, and is eaten boiled … Continue reading →

they found mines on the cliffs over the river, from which the coal was sent down by long bamboo cables, the loaded baskets drawing up the empty ones At the highest point of the Great Kiang, reached by Sarel and … Continue reading →

chief of that branch of the sect which was settled in the mountains north of Lebanon, being a translation of his popular Arabic title _Shaikh-ul-Jibal_ ‘Old Man of the Mountain’ was the title applied by the Crusaders to the chief … Continue reading →

author Moreover, in Rashiduddin, we find the identical plural form used by our author. He says that, after the sack of Baghdad, Hulaku, who had escaped from the polluted atmosphere of the city, sent ‘Ilk?Noyn and Karbg? with 3000 Moghul … Continue reading →

(_N. et E._ XIV. 477; _H. de la Ville de Khotan_, 63-66; _Klap. Tabl. Historiques_, p. 182; _Proc. R. G. S._ XVI. 243.)

memorable in the history of the world The next day, Thursday, October 11th, was destined to be for ever memorable in the history of the world. It began ordinarily enough, with a west-south-west wind blowing fresh, and on a sea … Continue reading →

Palladius, and from the Russian into English by Mr [4] This narrative, translated from Chinese into Russian by Father Palladius, and from the Russian into English by Mr. Eugene Schuyler, Secretary of the U.S. Legation at St. Petersburg, was obligingly … Continue reading →