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Liampo (Ningpo).
Liang, or tael.
Liang-chau in Kansuh.
Liao dynasty.
Liao-tong.
Libanos, [Greek: Libanophoros] and [Greek: libanotophoros chora].
_Libro d'Oro_.
Licinius, Emperor.
Lide (Liti).
Lieuli Ho.
Lign-aloes (eagle-wood), etymology; in Sumatra.
Ligor.
_Ligurium_, the precious stone, _Liguire_.
Li H'ien, Tartar ruler of Tangut.
_Likamankwas_ of Abyssinian kings.
Li-kiang fu.
_Limyrica_.
Lindley.
Lindsay, Hon. R.
_Linga_.
Linju.
Lin-ngan (Hang-chau).
Lin-ngan in Yun-nan.
Lintching-y, or Linchinghien.
Lin-t'sing chau.
Lion and Sun.
Lions, black.
---- on the Oxus, Chinese notion of.
---- (apparently for tigers) kept for the chase by Kublai, skins of striped; how hunted with dogs (_See_ also Tigers.).
Lion's Head Tablets.
_Lire_, various Venetian.
---- of gold.
Lisbon.
Lissu, or Lisau tribe.
Litai.
Litan, rebellion of.
Lithang.
Little Orphan Rock.
Liu Pang, founder of 1st Han dynasty.
Liu Pei (Luo Pe), of the Han dynasty.
_Livre des Merveille_.
Livres of gold.
---- Parisis.
---- Tournois.
Li Yuan-hao, founder of the Hsi Hsia dynasty, Tangut.
Lo, tribes of S.W. China so-called.
---- Chinese name of part of Siam.
Lob, _see_ Lop.
Locac, kingdom of.
Lockhart, Dr. W.
_Lokok_.
Lolo tribes.
Longevity of Brahmins and Jogis.
Longfellow.
Lop, city and lake, desert.
Lophaburi.
Loping.
Lor, _see_ Luristan.
Lord, Dr. Percival.
Loss, brownish-yellow loam.
Loups cerviers (lynx).
Low castes.
Lowatong River.
Loyang, Bridge of.
Luban.
Luban-Jawi.
Luban-Shehri.
Lubbies.
Lucky and unlucky hours and days.
Luddur Deo.
Luh-ho-ta PaG.o.da, Hang-chau.
Lukon-Kiao (Hun-ho, Pulisanghin River).
Lukyn Port.
Lung-yin.
Luristan (Lor, Lur), kingdom of Persia; Great and Little; character of Lurs or people of.
Lusignan, John de.
Lut, Desert of (Dasht-i-Lut).
Lu-tzu tribe.
Lynxes, trained to hunt, in Cuncun.
Ma Twan-lin, the Chinese Pliny.
Maaden, turquoise mines at.
Maatum, or Nubia.
Ma'bar (Maabar, i.e. Coromandel coast), province of India; its brother kings; pearl fishery; etymology; limits; obscurity of history; port visited by Polo; nakedness of people, king, his jewels; his wives, "Trusty Lieges," treasure; horses imported; superst.i.tious customs; ox-wors.h.i.+p; Govis, Ib.; no horses bred; other customs; mode of arrest for debt; great heat; regard for omens; astrology, treatment of boys; birds, girls consecrated to idols; customs in sleeping; s.h.i.+ps at Madagascar.
Macartney's Map.
Macgregor, Sir C, "Journey through Khorasan".
Machin, city of (Canton).
Machin, Mahachin (Great China), used by Persian writers as synonymous with Manzi.
Maclagan, Major-General (R.E.).
Madagascar (Madeigascar), confused with Magadoxo; etymology; traces of ancient Arab colonisation.
Madai, Madavi, Maudoy.
Madjgars.
Madar-Des, Eastern Panjab.
Madras.
Madura.
Maestro, or Great Bear, said to be invisible in Sumatra.
Magadha.
Magadoxo, confused with Madagascar.
Magapatana, near Ceylon.
