Monthly Archives: December 2007

Mr. Rockhill (_Rubruck_, p. 245, note) writes: ‘Rashideddin states that when the Urianghit wanted to bring a storm to an end, they said injuries to the sky, the lightning and thunder. I have seen this done myself by Mongol storm-dispellers. … Continue reading →

In his _Religious System of China_, II., Dr. J. J. M. de Groot devotes a whole chapter (ix. 721 seqq.), _Concerning the Sacrifice of Human Beings at Burials, and Usages connected therewith_. The oldest case on record in China dates … Continue reading →

great cities, is that which the Chinese followed at Kashgar, Yarkand, etc The system of controlling garrisons, quartered at a few miles from the great cities, is that which the Chinese followed at Kashgar, Yarkand, etc. It is, in fact, … Continue reading →

NOTE 2.–On the mystic importance attached to the number 9 on all such occasions among the Mongols, see _Hammer”s Golden Horde_, p. 208; _Hayton_, ch. iii. in Ramusio II.; _Not. et Ext._ XIV. Pt. I. 32; and _Strahlenberg_ (II. 210 … Continue reading →

find Polo”s city of _Camadi_ In the abstract of Major Smith”s Itinerary as we have given it, we do not find Polo”s city of _Camadi_. Major Smith writes to me, however, that this is probably to be sought in ‘the … Continue reading →

‘Fatto ?”l porto a sembranza d” una luna,’ etc. fishing fly misula montana cashmere scarf instructions vida guerra in black men magazine type 2 diabetes and diet dell 2001fp power adapter bentley book college store server solaris chocolate chip cake … Continue reading →

NOTE 2.–On the mystic importance attached to the number 9 on all such occasions among the Mongols, see _Hammer”s Golden Horde_, p. 208; _Hayton_, ch. iii. in Ramusio II.; _Not. et Ext._ XIV. Pt. I. 32; and _Strahlenberg_ (II. 210 … Continue reading →

God is no respecter of persons; But in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him Of such as this physician the apostle said: ‘Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of … Continue reading →

NOTE 1. [‘The present road from Kermn to Kbenn is to Zerend about 50 miles, to the Sr i Benn 15 miles, thence to Kbenn 30 miles–total 95 miles. Marco Polo cannot have taken the direct road to Kbenn, as … Continue reading →

and obtained employment under Kbli through the Empress Jamui Khatun, who had known him before her marriage AHMAD was a native of Fenket (afterwards Shh-Rkhia), near the Jaxartes, and obtained employment under Kbli through the Empress Jamui Khatun, who had … Continue reading →