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Citation Information
CHAP. XVIII.
TIIL: CITY OF CAMADI
CHAPTER XVIII.
OF THE CITY OF CAMADI AND ITS RUINS ; ALSO TOUCHING THE CARAUNA ROBBERS.
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AFTER you have ridden down hill those two days, you find
yourself in a vast plain, and at the beginning thereof there
is a city called CAMADI, which formerly was a great and
noble place, but now is of little consequence, for the
Tartars in their incursions have several times ravaged it.
The plain whereof I speak is a very hot region ; and
the province that we now enter is called REOBARLES.
The fruits of the country are dates, pistachioes, and
apples of Paradise, with others of the like not found in
our cold climate. [There are vast numbers of turtléâ
doves, attracted by the abundance of fruits, hut the
Saracens never take them, for they hold them in
abomination.] And on this plain there is a kind of bird
called francolin, but different from the francolin of other
countries, for their colour is a mixture of black and
white, and the feet and beak are vermilion colour.'
The beasts also are peculiar ; and first I will tell you
of their oxen. These are very large, and all over white
as snow ; the hair is very short and smooth, which is
owing to the heat of the country. The horns are short
and thick, not sharp in the point ; and between the
shoulders they have a round hump some two palms high.
There are no handsomer creatures in the world. And
when they have to be loaded, they kneel like the camel ;
once the load is adjusted, they rise. Their load is a
heavy one, for they are very strong animals. Then
there are sheep here as big as asses ; and their tails are
so large and fat, that one tail shall weigh some 3o lbs.
They are fine fat beasts, and afford capital mutton.'
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