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Citation Information
THE
BOOK OF MARCO POLO
BOOK II. CONTINUED.
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PART II. JOURNEY TO THE WEST AND
SOUTH-WEST OF CATHAY
CHAPTER XXXV.
HERE BEGINS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERIOR OF CATHAY ; AND FIRST OF THE RIVER PULISANGHIN.
Now you must know that the Emperor sent the afore-
said Messer Marco Polo, who is the author of this
whole story, on business of his into the Western
Provinces. On that occasion he travelled from Cam-
baluc a good four months' journey towards the west.'
And so now I will tell you all that he saw on his travels
as he went and returned.
When you leave the City of Cambaluc and have
ridden ten miles, you come to a very large river which
is called PULISANGHIN, and flows into the ocean, so
that merchants with their merchandise ascend it from
the sea. Over this River there is a very fine stone
bridge, so fine indeed, that it has very few equals. The
fashion of it is this : it is 30o paces in length, and it
must have a good eight paces of width, for ten mounted
men can ride across it abreast. It has 24 arches and
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