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| The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 | |
| マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.2 |
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引用情報
CHAP. XXII. ROSIA AND ITS PEOPLE
487
There are several kings in the country, and they have a
language of their own. They are a people of simple
manners, but both men and women very handsome, being
all very white and [tall, with long fair hair]. There are
many strong defiles and passes in the country ; and they
pay tribute to nobody except to a certain Tartar king of
the Ponent, whose name is TOCTAI ; to him indeed they
pay tribute, but only a trifle. It is not a land of trade,
though to be sure they have many fine and valuable furs,
such as Sables, in abundance, and Ermine, Vair, Ercolin,
and Fox skins, the largest and finest in the world [and
also much wax]. They also possess many Silver-mines,
from which they derive a large amount of silver.l
There is nothing else worth mentioning ; so let us
leave Rosia, and I will tell you about the Great Sea, and
what provinces and nations lie round about it, all in
detail ; and we will begin with Constantinople. First,
however, I should tell you of a province that lies between
north and north-west. You see in that region that I
have been speaking of, there is a province called LAC,
which is conterminous with Rosia, and has a king of its
own. The people are partly Christians and partly
Saracens. They have abundance of furs of good quality,
which merchants export to many countries. They live
by trade and handicrafts.'
There is nothing more worth mentioning, so I will
speak of other subjects ; but there is one thing more to
tell you about Rosia that I had forgotten. You see in
Rosia there is the greatest cold that is to be found any-
where, so great as to be scarcely bearable. The country
is so great that it reaches even to the shores of the Ocean
Sea, and 'tis in that sea that there are certain islands in
which are produced numbers of gerfalcons and peregrine
falcons, which are carried in many directions. From
Russia also to OROECH it is not very far, and the journey
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