Then The Magnanimous Beast
Holds On His Way Towards A Tree, The Man All The While Plying Him With
Arrows, At Every Opportunity, And The Dogs Constantly Tearing Him From
Behind, Till At Length, With Loss Of Blood, He Falls Down And Dies.
This
country abounds in silk, which is carried by the merchants to various
provinces, by means of the river.
Their money is paper, and the inhabitants
are valiant in arms.
At the end of ten days journey from Cintigui, we come to the city of
Sindinfu; twenty days from thence is Gingui, and four days from thence,
towards the south, is Palan-fu in Kathay, returning by the other side of
the province. The people are idolaters and burn their dead, but there are
also some Christians who have a church. The people use paper money, and
are all under the dominion of the great khan. They make cloths of gold and
silk, and very fine lawns. Past this city of Palan-fu, which has many
cities under its jurisdiction, there runs a fine river, which carries great
store of merchandize to Cambalu, by means of many canals made on purpose.
Leaving this place, and travelling three days journey towards the south of
the province of Kathay, subject to the great khan, is the great city of
Ciangu. They are idolaters, who burn their dead, and their money is the
mulberry paper coin of the khan. The earth, in the territories of this
city, abounds in salt, which is extracted in the following manner:
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