VIII., p. 282. _Alashan_ is not an abbreviation of Alade-Shan and has
nothing to do with the name of Eleuth, written in Mongol _Oegaelaet_.
_Nuntuh_ (_nuntuek_) is the mediaeval Mongol form of the actual _nutuk_, an
encampment. (PELLIOT.)

LVIII., p. 283, n. 3.

GURUN.

Gurun = Kurun = Chinese K'u lun = Mongol Urga.

LVIII., p. 283, n. 3. The stuff _sa-ha-la_ (= _saghlat_) is to be found
often in the Chinese texts of the XIVth and XVth Centuries. (PELLIOT.)

LIX., pp. 284 seq.

KING GEORGE.

King or Prince George of Marco Polo and Monte Corvino belonged to the
Oenguet tribe. He was killed in Mongolia in 1298, leaving an infant child
called Shu-ngan (Giovanni) baptized by Monte Corvino. George was
transcribed Koerguez and Goerguez by the Persian historians. See PELLIOT,
_T'oung Pao_, 1914, pp. 632 seq. and _Cathay_, III., p. 15 n.

LIX., p. 286.

TENDUC.

Prof. Pelliot (_Journ. As._, Mai-Juin, 1912, pp. 595-6) thinks that it
might be _Tien toe_, [Chinese], on the river So ling (Selenga).

LIX., p. 291.

CHRISTIANS.

In the Mongol Empire, Christians were known under the name of _tarsa_ and
especially under this of _aerkaeguen_, in Chinese _ye-li-k'o-wen; tarsa_,
was generally used by the Persian historians. Cf. PELLIOT, _T'oung Pao_,
1914, p. 636.

LIX., p. 295, n. 6. Instead of _Ku-wei_, read _K'u-wai_. (PELLIOT.)

LXI., pp. 302, 310.

"The weather-conjuring proclivities of the Tartars are repeatedly
mentioned in Chinese history. The High Carts (early Ouigours) and Jou-jan
(masters of the Early Turks) were both given this way, the object being
sometimes to destroy their enemies. I drew attention to this in the
_Asiatic Quart. Rev._ for April, 1902 ('China and the Avars')." (E.H.
PARKER, _Asiatic Quart. Rev._, Jan., 1904, p. 140.)

LXI., p. 305, n. Harlez's inscription is a miserable scribble of the
facsimile from Dr. Bushell. (PELLIOT.)

LXI., p. 308, n. 5. The _Yuan Shi_, ch. 77, f deg. 7 _v._, says that:
"Every year, [the Emperor] resorts to Shang tu. On the 24th day of the
8th moon, the sacrifice called 'libation of mare's milk' is celebrated."
(PELLIOT.)

[1] The eight stages would be:--(1) Hasanabad, 21 miles; (2) Darband, 28
miles; (3) Chehel Pai, 23 miles; (4) Naiband, 39 miles; (5) Zenagan,
47 miles; (6) Duhuk, 25 miles; (7) Chah Khushab, 36 miles; and (8)
Tun, 23 miles.

[2] _Genom Khorasan och Turkestan_, I., pp. 123 seq.

BOOK SECOND.

PART I.--THE KAAN, HIS