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The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1 | |
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.1 |
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CHAP. LVII. THE KINGDOM OF ERGUIUL 275
and the cattle from this cross are wonderful beasts,
and better for work than other animals.] These the
People use commonly for burden and general work,
and in the plough as well ; and at the latter they
will do full twice as much work as any other cattle,
being such very strong beasts.' `
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In this country too is found the best musk in
the world ; and I will tell you how 'tis produced. There
exists in that region a kind of wild animal like a
gazelle. It has feet and tail like the gazelle's, and
stag's hair of a very coarse kind, but no horns. It
has four tusks, two below and two above, about three
inches long, and slender in form, one pair growing
upwards, and the other downwards. It is a very
pretty creature. The musk is found in this way.
When the creature has been taken, they find at the
navel between the flesh and the skin something like
an impostume full of blood, which they cut out and
remove with all the skin attached to it. And the
blood inside this impostume is the musk that produces
that powerful perfume. There is an immense number
of these beasts in the country we are speaking of.
[The flesh is very good to eat. Messer Marco brought
the dried head and feet of one of these animals to
Venice with him.'1]
The people are traders and artizans, and also grow
abundance of corn. The province has an extent of 26
days' journey. Pheasants are found there twice as big
as ours, indeed nearly as big as a peacock, and having -a• 4"... ~
tails of7 jo palms alms in length ; and besides them 1.'a~,.
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other pheasants in aspect like our own, and birds of -~
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many other kinds, and of beautiful variegated plumage.' ' t
The people, who are Idolaters, are fat folks with little
noses and black hair, and no beard, except a few hairs
on the upper lip. The women too have very smooth
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