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MARCO POLO POOK II.
or platforms, before the principal boats had ornamental gateways over them. . . . The canal seems to render this an opulent and flourishing place, to judge by th e gilded and carved shops, temples, and public offices, along the eastern banks."
(Sketches of China, I. pp. 255-257.)—H. C.]
CHAPTER LXIII.
CONCERNING THE CITIES OF LINJU AND PIJU.
ON leaving the city of Sinju-matu you travel for eight
days towards the south, always coming to great and rich
towns and villages flourishing with trade and manu-
factures. The people are all subjects of the Great Kaan,
use paper-money, and burn their dead. At the end of
those eight days you come to the city of LIN Ju, in the
province of the same name of which it is the capital.
It is a rich and noble city, and the men are good
soldiers, natheless they carry on great trade and manu-
factures. There is great abundance of game in both
beasts and birds, and all the necessaries of life are in
profusion. The place stands on the river of which I told
you above. And they have here great numbers of
vessels, even greater than those of which I spoke
before, and these transport a great amount of costly
merchandize.1
So, quitting this province and city of Linju, you
travel three days more towards the south, constantly
finding numbers of rich towns and villages. These still
belong to Cathay ; and the people are all Idolaters,
burning their dead, and using paper-money, that I mean
of their Lord the Great Kaan, whose subjects they are.
This is the finest country for game, whether in beasts or
birds, that is anywhere to be found, and all the
necessaries of life are in profusion.
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