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0717 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.1
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CHAP. XX.   HOW THE EMPEROR GOES HUNTING

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Toscaol, which is as much as to say, " Watchers." And

the name describes their business.3 They are posted

from spot to spot, always in couples, and thus they cover

a great deal of ground ! Every man of them is provided

with a whistle and hood, so as to be able to call in a

hawk and hold it in hand. And when the Emperor

makes a cast, there is no need that he follow it up, for

those men I speak of keep so good a look out that they

never lose sight of the birds, and if these have need of

help they are ready to render it.

All the Emperor's hawks, and those of the Barons as

well, have a little label attached to the leg to mark them,

on which is written the names of the owner and the keeper

of the bird. And in this way the hawk, when caught, is at

once identified and handed over to its owner. But if not,

the bird is carried to a certain Baron, who is styled the

I]ularg Zlclli, which is as much as to say " The Keeper of

Lost Property." And I tell you that whatever may be

found without a known owner, whether it be a horse, or

a sword, or a hawk, or what not, it is carried to that

Baron straightway, and he takes charge of it. And if the

finder neglects to carry his trover to the Baron, the latter

punishes him. Likewise the loser of any article goes to

the Baron, and if the thing be in his hands it is imme-

diately given up to the owner. Moreover, the said Baron

always pitches on the highest spot of the camp, with his

banner displayed, in order that those who have lost or

found anything may have no difficulty in finding their

way to him. Thus nothing can be lost but it shall be

incontinently found and restored.'

And so the Emperor follows this road that I have

mentioned, leading along in the vicinity of the Ocean

Sea (which is within two days' journey of his capital city,

Cambaluc), and as he goes there is many a fine sight to

be seen, and plenty of the very best entertainment in

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