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Marco Polo, Rustichello of Pisa - The Travels of Marco Polo, 1

CHAPTER LVIII. OF THE KINGDOM OF EGRIGAIA.
CHAPTER LIX. CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF TENDUC, AND THE DESCENDANTS OF
PRESTER JOHN.
CHAPTER LX. CONCERNING THE KAAN'S PALACE OF CHAGANNOR.
CHAPTER LXI. OF THE CITY OF CHANDU, AND THE KAAN'S PALACE THERE.
BOOK SECOND. (1.) ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT KAAN CUBLAY; OF HIS PALACES AND
CAPITAL; HIS COURT, GOVERNMENT, AND SPORTS.
PART I. - THE KAAN, HIS COURT AND CAPITAL.
CHAPTER I. OF CUBLAY KAAN, THE GREAT KAAN NOW REIGNING, AND OF HIS GREAT
PUISSANCE.
CHAPTER II. CONCERNING THE REVOLT OF NAYAN, WHO WAS UNCLE TO THE GREAT
KAAN CUBLAY.
CHAPTER III. HOW THE GREAT KAAN MARCHED AGAINST NAYAN.
CHAPTER IV. OF THE BATTLE THAT THE GREAT KAAN FOUGHT WITH NAYAN.
CHAPTER V. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSED NAYAN TO BE PUT TO DEATH.
CHAPTER VI. HOW THE GREAT KAAN WENT BACK TO THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.
CHAPTER VII. HOW THE KAAN REWARDED THE VALOUR OF HIS CAPTAINS.
CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE GREAT KAAN.
CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE GREAT KAAN'S SONS.
CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE PALACE OF THE GREAT KAAN.
CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.
CHAPTER XII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN MAINTAINS A GUARD OF TWELVE THOUSAND
HORSE, WHICH ARE CALLED KESHICAN.
CHAPTER XIII. THE FASHION OF THE GREAT KAAN'S TABLE AT HIS HIGH FEASTS.
CHAPTER XIV. CONCERNING THE GREAT FEAST HELD BY THE GRAND KAAN EVERY
YEAR ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
CHAPTER XV. OF THE GREAT FESTIVAL WHICH THE KAAN HOLDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING THE TWELVE THOUSAND BARONS WHO RECEIVE ROBES
OF CLOTH OF GOLD FROM THE EMPEROR ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS, THIRTEEN
CHANGES A-PIECE.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN ENJOINETH HIS PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HIM WITH
GAME.
CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE LIONS AND LEOPARDS AND WOLVES THAT THE KAAN KEEPS
FOR THE CHASE.
CHAPTER XIX. CONCERNING THE TWO BROTHERS WHO HAVE CHARGE OF THE KAAN'S
HOUNDS.
CHAPTER XX. HOW THE EMPEROR GOES ON A HUNTING EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER XXI. REHEARSAL OF THE WAY THE YEAR OF THE GREAT KAAN IS
DISTRIBUTED.
CHAPTER XXII. CONCERNING THE CITY OF CAMBALUC, AND ITS GREAT TRAFFIC AND

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