nish 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 _Yuean Si_;
Badakhshan;
Kashgar;
Shachau;
Kamul;
Chingintalas;
the _Stipa inebrians_;
the Utiken Uigurs;
Erdenidso Monastery;
Belasagun;
death of Chinghiz;
_tung lo_ or _kumiz_;
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 Thom