Note 168 — VIII. HERE FOLLOWETH CONCERNING THE GREAT TARTAR.[163]

This is perhaps the Tartar city of Iymyl, called by the Chinese Yemi-li, built by Okkodai, the son of Chengiz Khan, somewhere to the east of Lake Balkash. (See D’Avezac’s Notice of Travels in Tartary, Recueil de Voyages, iv. p. 516). But the description rather suggests one of the vast cities of China, such as Marco Polo describes Kinsai (Hang-choo-foo).