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0395 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. 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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