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Citation Information
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BooK II.
MARCO POLO
the Lé-su, which argues an internal distinction ; but there can be no doubt that they are the same race, and speak the same language, though with minor differences of
dialect." (Saber, Travels, 66-67.)
" With very rare exceptions the male Lolo, rich or poor, free or subject, may be
instantly known by his horn. All his hair is gathered into a knot over his forehead and there twisted up in a cotton cloth so as to resemble the horn of a unicorn. The
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White Lolo.
horn with its wrapper is sometimes a good nine inches long. They consider this coif%irre sacred, so at least I was told, and even those who wear a short pig-tail for convenience in entering Chinese territory still conserve the indigenous horn, concealed for the occasion under the folds of the Sze-ch'wan turban." (Babel-, p. 61.) See these horns on figures, Bk. II. eh. lviii.
" The principal clothing of a bolo is his mantle, a capacious sleeveless garment of grey or black felt gathered round his neck by a string, and reaching nearly to his
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