II. Armenia Minor--Armenia--Mount Ararat--Georgia--Mosul, Baghdad, Bussorah, Tauris--Persia--The Province of Kirman--Comadi-- Ormuz--The Old Man of the Mountain--Cheburgan--Balkh--Cashmir-- Kashgar--Samarcand--Kotan--The Desert--Tangun--Kara-Korum-- Signan-fu--The Great Wall--Chang-tou--The residence of Kublaï-Khan--Cambaluc, now Pekin--The Emperor's fêtes--His hunting--Description of Pekin--Chinese Mint and bank-notes--The system of posts in the Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 III. Tso-cheu--Tai-yen-fou--Pin-yang-fou--The Yellow River-- Signan-fou--Szu-tchouan--Ching-tu-fou--Thibet--Li-kiang-fou-- Carajan--Yung-tchang--Mien--Bengal--Annam--Tai-ping--Cintingui-- Sindifoo--Té-cheu--Tsi-nan-fou--Lin-tsin-choo--Lin-sing--Mangi-- Yang-tcheu-fou--Towns on the coast--Quin-say or H