国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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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. LXI. TIIE CITY AND PALACE OF CHANDU
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of 16 miles, and inside the Park there are fountains and
rivers and brooks, and beautiful meadows, with all kinds
of wild animals (excluding such as are of ferocious
nature), which the Emperor has procured and placed
there to supply food for his gerfalcons and hawks,
which he keeps there in mew. Of these there are
more than 200 gerfalcons alone, without reckoning the
oher hawks. The Kaan himself goes every week to
see his birds sitting in mew, and sometimes he rides
through the park with a leopard behind him on his
horse's croup ; and then if he sees any animal that
takes his fancy, he slips his leopard at it,3 and the
game when taken is made over to feed the hawks in
mew. This he does for diversion.
Moreover [at a spot in the Park where there is a
charming wood] he has another Palace built of cane, of
which I must give you a description. It is gilt all over,
and most elaborately finished inside. [It is stayed on
gilt and lackered. columns, on each of which is a dragon
all gilt, the tail of which is attached to the column
whilst the head supports the architrave, and the claws
likewise are stretched out right and left to support the
architrave.] The roof, like the rest, is formed of canes,
covered with a varnish so strong and excellent that no
amount of rain will rot them. These canes are a good
3 palms in girth, and from 1 o to 15 paces in length.
[They are cut across at each knot, and then the pieces
are split so as to form from each two hollow tiles, and
with these the house is roofed ; only every such tile of
cane has to be nailed down to prevent the wind from
lifting it.] In short, the whole Palace is built of these
canes, which (I may mention) serve also for a great
variety of other useful purposes. The construction of
the Palace is so devised that it can be taken down and
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ut up again with great celerity ; and it can all be taken
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