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0197 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / Page 197 (Color Image)

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CHAPTER LXVIII.

Of the Cities of Tiju, Tinju, and Yanju.

When you leave Cayu, you ride another day to the
south-east through a constant succession of villages and
fields and fine farms until you come to Tiju, which is a
city of no great size but abounding in everything. The
people are Idolaters (and so forth). There is a great
amount of trade, and they have many vessels. And you
must know that on your left hand, that is towards the
east, and three days' journey distant, is the Ocean Sea.
At every place between the sea and the city salt is made
in great quantities. And there is a rich and noble city
called Tinju, at which there is produced salt enough to
supply the whole province, and I can tell you it brings
the Great Kaan an incredible revenue. The people are
Idolaters and subject to the Kaan. Let us quit this,
however, and go back to Tiju.ยน
Again, leaving Tiju, you ride another day towards