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SECT. XL 
An Account of the Religion, Government, Laws, 
Cuftotos, and Manners of the Indians, as they 
are recorded in the Works of ancient Au- 
thors. 442 
SECT. XII. 
The Learning, Difcipline, Offices, Manner of 
Living, and Priviledges of the Brachmans , in- 
cluding alfo an Account of their peculiar Doc- 
trines in Theology and Divinity. 449 
SECT. XIII. 
Of the Land-animals in the Eajl-Indies , as des- 
cribed by ancient Authors, compared wi tin mo- 
dern Writers, and fome Remarks upon both. 
458 
SECT. XIV. 
commonly Ailed St. Louis , Ambaffador into 
different Parts of the Eajl , particularly into 
E art ary and China , A. D. 12^3, containing 
Abundance ofcuriousParticulars relating to thole 
Countries, written by the Ambaffador, and 
abdreffed to his Royai Mailer King Louis, 556 
SECT. XXL 
The curious and remarkable Voyages and Travels 
of Marco Polo , a Gentleman of Venice , who, 
in the middle of the thirteenth Century, paffed 
through, a great Part of Afia, all the Domini- 
ons of the Ear tars, and returned Llome by Sea, 
through the Illands of the Eajl-Indies, taken 
chiefly from the accurate Edition of Ramujio , 
compared with an original Manufcript in his 
Prujjian Majefty’s Library, and with moll of 
the Tranllations hitherto publilhed. 593 
An Account of the moll remarkable Filh and 
Fowl in the Eajl-Indies , as defcribed by anci- 
ent and modern Authors, with proper Obfer- 
vations and Remarks. 479 
SECT. XV. 
An Account of the Defer iption left us by the An- 
cients of the eaftern and northern Parts of the In- 
dies, the Notions they had of their Riches, to- 
gether with an Enquiry into the Reafons which 
hindered their extending their Difcoveries on 
that Side. 493 
SECT. XVI. 
A concife Hiftory of the Rife, Progrefs, and De- 
cline of the Conjlantinopohtan Empire, together 
with the Commerce of its Subjects in the Eqft. 
As alfo a brief Detail of the Rife of the Ara- 
bian Empire, the Recovery of the Indian Com- 
merce in Egypt, and the reviving the Trade of 
Alexandria, 504 
SECT. XVII. 
An Account of the feveral Paffages to the Indies, 
both by Sea and Land, that have been attempt- 
ed, difeovered, or prabtifed by the Ancients. 5 14 
SECT. XXII. 
A fuccind Hiftory of the Empire of the Great 
Mogul, from its Foundation by the Great Ear- 
tar Conqueror Eimur-Bec , or Tamerlane , to 
the prefect Times, taken chiefly from the ori- 
ginal Writers. 629 
SECT. XXIII. 
A compleat Hiftory of the Rife and Progrefs of 
the Portuguese Empire in the Eajl-Indies, their 
Difcoveries fet forth in their natural Order, the 
Form of their Government in thofe Parts ex- 
plained, the Caufe of the Declenlion of their 
Power examined, and the prefent Polture of 
their Affairs in this Part of the World tru- 
ly ffated, colleded chiefly from their own 
Writers. ' 662 
SECT. XXIV. 
The Voyage of Francis Pirard de Laval to the 
Eajl-Indies, His (hip- wreck among!! the Mal- 
dives, and his copious Account of that Archi- 
pelago, tranflated from the Author’s original 
Voyage, publilhed by himfelf in French, 701 
SECT. XXV. 
SECT. XVIII. 
An Account of the Travels of two Mohammedans 
through India and China , in the ninth Century 
521* 
SECT. XIX. 
The Travels of Rabbi Benjamin, the Son of 'Jonas 
of Eudela, through Europe, AJia and Africa, 
from Spain to China, from the Year of our 
Lord 1 160, to 1 173, from the Latin Verfions 
of Benedict Arias Mont anus , and Confiantine 
TEmpereur , compared with other Tranllations, 
into different Languages. ^46 
SECT. XX. 
The remarkable Travels of William de Riibruquis % 
a Monk, fent by Louis IX. King of France % 
The Expedition of Commodore Beaulieu to the 
Eajl-Indies, containing a faithful and accurate 
Defcription of the Sea-Coafts, and Commerce 
as alfo Abundance of curious Obfervations on 
the Manners of the People, the Nature of 
their Governments, and the Means cf efta- 
blilhing Colonies among them, written by M. 
Beaulieu himfelf, and publilhed by M. Ehevenot 
in his large Colledion of Voyages. 717 
SECT. XXVI. 
The Remarks and Obfervations made by John 
Albert de Mandeljloe , in his Paffage from the 
Kingdom of Perjia, through feveral Countries 
of the Indies , tranflated from the Original, 
written by himfelf. 
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