The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / Page 451 (Color Image)

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CHAP. XXvI. THE KINGDOM OF GOZURAT

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In this province of Gozurat there grows much

pepper, and ginger, and indigo. They have also a great

deal of cotton. Their cotton trees are of very great size,

growing full six paces high, and attaining to an age of

20 years. It is to be observed however that, when the

trees are so old as that, the cotton is not good to spin,

but only to quilt or stuff beds withal. Up to the age of

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I2 years indeed the trees give good spinning cotton, but

from that age to 20 years the produce is inferior.'

They dress in this country great numbers of skins of

various kinds, goat-skins, ox-skins, buffalo and wild ox-

skins, as well as those of unicorns and other animals.

In fact so many are dressed every year as to load a

number of ships for Arabia and other quarters. They

also work here beautiful mats in red and blue leather,

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