INCIDENTS IN SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE'S TRAVELS 



Thesi: illustrations, which are from the same MS. as those on 

 the preceding page, are as imaginative as all Mandeville's experi- 

 ences. The upper one is interesting as showing an astrolabe on 

 the poop of the ship in the foreground; the lower is supposed 

 to illustrate Prestei John's country. 



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