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0087 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.2
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met with in herds of from seven to twenty head in the recesses of the Wilderness, which may be defined as the region between the T'ung River and Yachou, but that in general they are rarely seen. . . . I was lucky enough to obtain a pair of horns and part of the hide of one of these redoubtable animals, which seem to show that they are a kind of bison.' Sir H. Yule remarks in a footnote (Ibid. p. 40): 'It is not possible to say from what is stated here what the species is, but probably it is a gaurus, of which Jerdan describes three species. (See Mammals of India, pp. 301-307.) Mr. Hodgson describes the Gaur (Gavæus gaurus of Jerdan) of the forests below Nepaul as fierce and revengeful.'—H. C.]

CHAPTER XLVII.
CONCERNING THE PROVINCE OF CAINDU.

CAINDU is a province lying towards the west,¹ and there is only one king in it. The people are Idolaters, subject to the Great Kaan, and they have plenty of towns and villages. [The chief city is also called Caiñdu, and stands at the upper end of the province.] There is a lake here,* in which are found pearls [which are white but not round]. But the Great Kaan will not allow them to be fished, for if people were to take as many as they could find there, the supply would be so vast that pearls would lose their value, and come to be worth nothing. Only when it is his pleasure they take from the lake so many as he may desire; but any one attempting to take them on his own account would be incontrovertibly put to death.

There is also a mountain in this country wherein they find a kind of stone called turquoise, in great abundance; and it is a very beautiful stone. These also the Emperor does not allow to be extracted without his special order.²

I must tell you of a custom that they have in this country regarding their women. No man considers himself wronged if a foreigner, or any other man, dis-