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Identifier: youngfolkslibrar09aldr (find matches)
Title: Young folks library
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: Boston, CT : Hall and Locke
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end of those eight days you come to the city of Linju,in the province of the same name of which it is thecapital. It is a rich and noble city, and the men aregood soldiers, nevertheless they carry on great trade andmanufactures. There is great abundance of game inboth beasts and birds, and all the necessaries of life arein profusion. The place stands on the river of whichI told you above. And they have here great numbersof vessels, even greater than those of which I spokebefore, and these transport a great amount of costlymerchandise. So, quitting this province and city of Linju, youtravel three days more towards the south, constantlyfinding numbers of rich towns and villages. Thesestill belong to Cathay; and the people are all Idolaters,burning their dead and using paper-money, that, I mean,of their lord the Great Kaan, whose subjects they are.This is the finest country for game, whether in beastsor birds, that is anywhere to be found, and all thenecessaries of life are in profusion.
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A RivtR Scene in China. Marco Polo in the East 63 At the end of these three days you find the city ofPiju, a great, rich, and noble city, with large trade andmanufactures, and a great production of silk. Thiscity stands at the entrance to the great province ofManzi, and there reside at it a great number of mer-chants who despatch carts from this place loaded withgreat quantities of goods to the different towns ofManzi. The city brings in a great revenue to the GreatKaan. When you leave Piju you travel towards the southfor two days, through beautiful districts abounding ineverything, and in which you find quantities of allkinds of game. At the end of those two days youreach the city of Siju, a great, rich, and noble city,flourishing with trade and manufactures. The peopleare Idolaters, burn their dead, use paper-money, and aresubjects of the Great Kaan. They possess extensiveand fertile plains producing abundance of wheat andother grain. But there is nothing else to mention, solet us p

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