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an inhabitant of S. Thome, and so in the midst especially of S. Paul, would have a peculiar of Christians, it seems to me a natural supposi- charm. I do not add special references to the tion that he had heard the Sermon on the Christian scriptures. mount' To such a man the lives and words of this chapter ends what is considered to be our Blessed Lord and of his holy apostles ; | the Introduction to the Kurra!.
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BY HENRY H. HOWORTH, F.S.A.
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saying they ought to have captured him alive, We have seen how.Wang Khân was killed and that he then had his skull encased in by the Naiman frontier commander. The Yuan- silver and placed it on a throne facing the door ch'ao-pi-shi says that when the mother of of his yurt or tent. One day the tongue of Tayang, the Naiman chief, who was called the dead chief was seen to protrude from the Gurbyessu, heard of his death, she said " Wang mouth. This happened three times, and was Khân was a great ruler, bring me the head to interpreted as an evil augury by the Naiman see if it be really his, and if so, then we will chiefs. Let us return again to the Yuan-ch'aomake a sacrifice to it.” She accordingly sent pi-shi. We there read that Tayang Khân some people to Khorisubichi, who had killed spoke very disdainfully of the Mongols. He him. They cut off the head and took it to her. called them Dada, i. e. Tartars, and said that On seeing that it was really his, they began having frightened Wang Khân with their spears playing musical instruments to it, so as to and arrows, and caused his death, it was possible attract the spirit of the dead chief, and also their chief Chinghiz wanted to become the made a sacrifice. During this proceeding a supreme ruler. "In the sky there is only one smile passed over the face of Wang Khan. sun, how can there be two lords on the earth? Tayang noticing this smile, and taking it as a I will go and subdue these Dada," were his bad omen, crushed the head with his foot, where words. His truculent mother spoke in similar upon one of the bystanders named Keksiusa- terms. "These Dada smell," she said, "their brakh said "You have cut off a dead man's head clothes are black, wherefore do you want to and crushed it with your foot, now even your catch them and bring them here? Let them dog anticipates misfortune. Your father Inan- remain far away from us. If they have pretty chabilge once said 'I am old and my wife is wives and daughters, let them be washed before young. My son Tayang is weak. He was born they are brought here, and they will do to feed in answer to my prayers. I fear he will not the sheep and cows." Keksiusabrakh on hearbe able to protect my numerous people. Your ing Tayang Khan's words sighed and said "Do dog now anticipates defeat. Gurbyessu (i. e. not use such proud phrases," but Tayang would Tayang's mother) is strong, but Tayang our ruler not listen to him, and sent Torbitashi--as is weak, and has no talent for anything but hawk. his envoy to Alakhushidi-gitkhuri of ing and hunting." The other authorities of the the tribe Vangut, asking him to be his right extreme east, Chinese and Mongol, say nothing hand in a campaign against the Mongols. of these events, but De la Croix, apparently Alakhush replied he could not be his right hand, quoting Abo'lkhair, has a passage somewhat and he sent a messenger to inform Chinghiz that like the one abstracted from the Yuan-ch'ao-pi- Tayang meditated an attack upon him, that he shi. He tells us that when Tayang saw the head sent to ask for his alliance, to which he would of Wang Khản he could not help insulting it, on not consent, and bidding him be on his guard. which Abu'lkhair remarks,“ 'Tis a base action In the Yuan-shi the chief to whom Tayang to rend the beard from a dead lion." Rashid | sent his message is called Ah-la-hwuh-sze u'd-din merely tells us that Tayang reproached of the Po-ta-ta or White Tartar tribe, and we his followers for having killed the old chief, are further told he was under obligations to
Op. cit., p. 100. • History of Genghis Can the Great, eto., PP. 57 and 58.
Erdmann, p. 298; D'Ohason, vol. I, p. 82; Abu'lghazi, p. 86.
• Op. cit., p. 101.
Hyacinthe calls him Aru-Khasu. • Hyacinthe reads this name Ba-dalda,
