Udyana.

Ughuz, legend of.

Uighur character, parent of present Mongol writing.

Uighurs, the.

Uiraca.

Uirad, _see_ Oirad.

Ujjain, legend of, (_Ozene_).

Ukak. (_See_ Ucaca.).

Ulatai (Oulatay), Tartar envoy from Persia.

Ulakhai.

Ulan Muren (Red River).

Ulugh Bagh, on Badakhshan border.

---- Mohammed.

Ulus, the.

U-man and Pe-man (Black and White Barbarians).

Umbrellas.

Unc Can (Aung Khan), _see_ Prester John Ung (Ungkut), Tartar tribe..

Ungrat (Kungurat), Tartar tribe.

Unicorn (Rhinoceros), in Burma, Sumatra; legend of Virgin and; horns of.

Unken, City.

Unlucky hours.

U-nya-Mwezi superst.i.tion.

Urduja, Princess.

Uriangkadai.

Uriangkut (Tunguses).

Urianhai, the.

Urumtsi.

Urzu.

Uspenskoye (called also Bolgarskoye).

Uttungadeva, king of Java.

Uwek, _see_ Ucaca.

Uzbeg Khan of Sarai.

Uzbegs of Kunduz.

Uzun Tati, coins, Chinese porcelain from.

Vair, the fur and animal.

---- as an epithet of eyes.

Valaghir district.

Vambery, Prof. Hermann.

Vanchu (w.a.n.gchu), conspires with Chenchu against Ahmad.

Van Lake.

Varaegian, Varangian.

Varaha Mihira, astronomer.

Vardoj River.

_Varini_.

Varsach, or Mashhad River.

_Vasmulo_.

_Vateria Indica_.

Veil of the Temple, [Greek: peplos babylonios].

Vellalars.

Venadan, t.i.tle of king of Kaulam.

Venetians, factory at Soldaia, expelled from Constantinople.

Venice, return of Polos to; its exaltation after Latin conquest of Constantinople; its n.o.bles; Polo's mansion at; galleys; archives at; articles brought from East by Marco to.

Ventilators at Hormuz.

Verlinden, Belgian missionary.

_Verniques_.

_Verzino Colombino_. (_See_ also Brazil.).

Vessels, war, st.i.tched of Kerman ([Greek: ploiaria rhapta]).

(_See_ also Ships.).

Vial, Paul, French missionary.

Vijayanagar.

Vikramajit, legend of.

Vikrampur.

Villard de Honnecourt, Alb.u.m of.

Vincent of Beauvais.

Vincenzo, P.

Vineyards, in Taican, Kashgar; Khotan; in N. China.

Vinson, Prof., on _Couvade_.

Virgin of Cape Comorin.

Visconti, Tedaldo, or Tebaldo, _see_ Theobald of Piacenza.

Vissering, on _Chinese Currency_.

Vochan (Unchan, Yungchan), battle there.

Vogels, J.

Vokhan, _see_ Wakhan.

Volga, called Tigris.

Vos, Belgian Missionary.

Vughin.

Vuju in Kiangnan.

---- in Chekiang.

Wadoe tribe.

Wakf.

Wakhan (Vokhan), dialect.

---- Mountains.

Wakhjir Pa.s.s.

Wakhijrui Pa.s.s, _see_ Wakhjir Pa.s.s.

Wakhsh, branch of the Oxus.

Wakhtang II., king of Georgia.

Walashjird.

Wallachs.

Wall of Alexander (or Caucasian).

---- of Gog and Magog (i.e. China).

Walnut-oil.

Wami River.

_w.a.n.g_, Chinese silk.

w.a.n.g, king of Djungar.

w.a.n.gchu, _see_ Vanchu Wapila.

Warangol Ku.

Warangs.

Warner, Dr.