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0092 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / 92 ページ(カラー画像)

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doi: 10.20676/00000269
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brine wells from which the salt is derived lie at Pai-yen-ching, 14 miles to the
south-west of the city [of Yen-yuan] . . . [they] are only two in number, and
comparatively shallow, being only 50 feet in depth. Bamboo tubes, ropes and
buffaloes are here dispensed with, and small wooden tubs, with bamboos fixed to
their sides as handles for raising, are considered sufficient. At one of the wells a
staging was erected half-way down, and from it the tubs of brine were passed up to
the workmen above. Passing from the wells to the evaporating sheds, we found a
series of mud furnaces with round holes at the top, into which cone-shaped pans,
manufactured from iron obtained in the neighbourhood, and varying in height from
one to two and a half feet, were loosely fitted. When a pan has been sufficiently
heated, a ladleful of the brine is poured into it, and, bubbling up to the surface, it