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0503 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 / 503 ページ(カラー画像)

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doi: 10.20676/00000269
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And I must tell you another very strange thing.
You must know that their sheep have no ears, but where
the ear ought to be they have a little horn! They are
pretty little beasts.³

And I must not omit to tell you that all their cattle,
including horses, oxen, and camels, live upon small fish
and nought besides, for 'tis all they get to eat. You see
in all this country there is no grass or forage of any kind ;
it is the driest country on the face of the earth. The
fish which are given to the cattle are very small, and
during March, April, and May, are caught in such
quantities as would astonish you. They are then dried
and stored, and the beasts are fed on them from year's
end to year's end. The cattle will also readily eat these
fish all alive and just out of the water.⁴

The people here have likewise many other kinds of
fish of large size and good quality, exceedingly cheap;
these they cut in pieces of about a pound each, and dry
them in the sun, and then store them, and eat them all
the year through, like so much biscuit.⁵