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0200 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / Page 200 (Color Image)

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BOOK II.

MARCO POLO

in 1357, Ta cheng was rebuilt, and in 1557 it was augmented, taking the place of the three cities ; from 553 B.C. until the 12th century, Yang-chau had no less than five enclosures ; the governor's yamen stood where a cross is marked in the Great City.

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Since Yang-chau has been laid in ruins by the T'aï-P'ing insurgents, these plans offer now a new interest.—H. C.]

NOTE 3.—What I have rendered " Twelve Sings " is in the G. T. " douze safes," and in Pauthier's text " sieges." It seems to me a reasonable conclusion that the

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