Book 1. 
614 The VOYAGES and T RAVELS 
his Memory fhould never die among Men, And when 
the Great Khan undertook to fubdue this City,, he 
lent a valiant Captain, and the greateft Part of his Array 
were Cavalry, of which the better Part of his Troops 
confifts thefe winning the City, Would not demolifh that 
Monument without the Khan’s Knowledge ; who hearing 
that the deceafed had e reded it for the Honour of his 
Soul, would not fuffer it to be injured ; for the Manner 
of the Tartars is not to violate things which belong to the 
Dead. In this Province are many Elephants, wild Oxen, 
great and fair Stags, and Deer, and other wild Beads of 
divers Kinds. 
The Province Bengala bordereth upon India towards the 
South, which the Great Khan fubdued when Marco Polo 
lived in this Country. This Country has its own proper 
King and Language, the Inhabitants whereof are all Ido- 
laters ; they have Mailers which keep Schools, and teach 
Idolatries and Enchantments, a thing common to all the 
great Men of that Country. They eat Flefh, Rice, and 
Milk ; they have Cotton in great Plenty, and by the Ma- 
nufacture thereof, much Trade is there carried on. They 
abound alfo with Spike, Galingal, Ginger, Sugar, and 
divcrfe other Spices ; huge Oxen alfo are there, comparable 
unto Elephants in Height, but not in Bulk., Many Eu- 
nuchs are made in this Province, which are afterwards 
fold to Merchants. This Province continueth thirty Days 
Journey, in the End whereof, going Eaftward, is the Pro- 
vince of Gangigu , which is a Country having alfo its pro- 
per King and peculiar Language, the Inhabitants whereof 
worfhip Idols, and are tributary to the Great Khan ; their 
King hath about three hundred Wives ; much Gold is 
found in this Province, and many Spices, but they can- 
not eafily be tranfported, becaule that Country is far diflant 
from the Sea : There are alfo many Elephants in it, and 
much Game. The Inhabitants live on Milk, Flelb, and 
Rice *, they have no Wine, but they make very good 
Drink of Rice and Spices. As well the Men as the Wo- 
men ufe to embroider their Faces, Necks, Hands, Bellies, 
and Legs, making the Images of Lions, Dragons and 
Birds, and fo firmly imprint them, that they cannot eafily 
be put out, and the more fuch Images any one has 
Upon his Body, fo much he is efteemed the finer and 
the more gallant. And there are alfo in this Country 
Profeffors of this foolifh Art of Flefh-Embroiderp, which 
ufe no other Trade but this needlework and dying of 
Fools-Skins. 
Amu lies to the Eaft of that Province,, and is fubjed to the 
'Great Khan, whole Inhabitants worfhip Idols, and have to 
themfelves a peculiar Language. They abound with Herds 
of Cattle, and have Plenty of Victuals, and many Horfes,and 
thefe excellent*, which Merchants carry for Sale into India. 
They have alfo many Buffaloes and Oxen, becaufe there 
are delicate Failures there. As well Men as Women wear 
Bracelets of Gold and Silver, of great Value, on their 
Arms, as alfo the like on their Legs •, but thofe of the 
Women are moft valuable > From Amu to Cangigu are 
above five and twenty Days Journey. The Province of 
Tkoioman , is ftili eight Days Journey farther diflant to the 
Eaft from Amut-, fubjed to the Great Khan, having a pe- 
culiar Language, and wotfhipping Idols. The Men and 
Women in this Country are tall, well fh aped, and of a 
brown Complexion. The Country is very well inhabited, 
having many and ftrong Caflles and Cities. The Men are 
pradiled in Arms, and accuflomed to War 5. they burn 
the Bodies of their Dead, and inclofing the Relicks of their 
Bones in a Chefl, hide them in the Caves of the Moun- 
tains, that they cannot be touched either of Man or Beafl. 
Gold is found in great Plenty there, and inllead of Mo- 
ney, they ufe Porcelane brought from India, as alfo in 
"Cangigu and Amu. From the Province of Tholoman , the 
high Road leads towards the Eaft, by a River, on the 
Bank of which are many Cities and Caflles, and at the 
End of twelve Days you come to the great City Cintiqui. 
The Country is fubjed to the Great Khan, and the Inha- 
bitants therefore addidted to Idolatry. Excellent Cloths 
are made in this Country, of the Bark of Trees, with 
which they are cloathed in the Summer. Many Lions are 
there, fo that for fear of them, none dare fleep without 
Doors by Night *, the Veffels which fail up and down the 
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River, for fear of thefe Lions, are not faftned to the Bank, 
There are great Dogs in the fame Country, fo hardy and 
ftrong, that they fear not to attack the Lion 5 and it of- 
ten happened], that two Dogs, and one Archer, kill a 
Lion : For the Dogs, fet on by the Man, give the Onfet, 
and the Lions Natuie is prefently to take Shelter frorri 
fome Tree, that the Dogs may not come behind him* 
neither will his great Heart fuffer him to run ifczh the 
Dogs, left he fhould feem afraid ; but he holds his ftately 
Pace, the Man mean while (hooting, and the Dogs fallen- 
mg on his hinder Parts, but with fuch Agility, that 
when the Lion turns on them, they are gone and then 
this magnanimous Beaft holds on his Way again, to feek a 
Tree for Succour, till what with Bitings and Arrows, he 
fometimes conies fliort, and with Expence of Blood, dieth 
by the Way. This Country abounds with Silk, which by 
Merchants is carried to diverfe Provinces by the River ; 
they live therefore chiefly by their Merchandize : Their 
Money is Paper and they are Valiant in Arms, 
At the End of ten Days is the City of Sidinfu , and 
twenty Days from thence is Gingui, and four Days thence 
is Pala'nfu, towards the South, and is in Cathay , returning 
by the other- Side of the Province. The People are Ido- 
laters, and burn their Dead ; there are alfo certain Chrifti- 
ans which have a Church, are all under the Khan, and ufe 
Paper Money. They make Cloths of Gold and Silk, and 
Lawns, very fine. By this City, which has. many Cities 
under it, runs a great River, which carries Store of Mer- 
chandize to Camhalu ,, made by many Chanels to pals thi- 
ther ; but we will leave this Place,, and proceeding three 
Days Journey,, fpeak of Ciangu , a great City towards the 
South, of the Province of Cathay , fubjed to the Khan. 
The Inhabitants are Idolaters, and bum their Dead. Their 
Money is the (Mulberry) Paper- Coin of the Khan. In 
this City, and the Territories that depend upon it, they 
make large Quantities of Salt, for that Earth abounds there- 
with, and out of it they get Salt after this Manner ; they heap 
up the Earth in the Manner of an Hill, and pour Water 
upon it, which draws the Saltnefs of the Earth into it, and 
then runs into certain Conduits, and is boiled in Pans, 
till it be congealed to Salt, fair and white, to the great 
Gain of the People, and of the Great Khan, being carried 
into other Countries to fell. There are large Peaches, 
high flavoured, which weigh two Pounds a-piece. Five 
Days Journey beyond the City Ciangu , in Cathay , South- 
ward, ftandeth another City named Ciangli, in which 
Road are many Cities and Caflles, fubjed to the Khan, 
through the midft of which runs a great River, very con- 
venient for Shipping laden with Merchandize. 
Six Days Journey hence to the South, is the noble King- 
dom and great City of Tudinfu , which had formerly its pro- 
per King, before it was fubdued by the Great Khan, 
A. D. 1272, and hath eleven royal Cities famous for Traf* 
fkk under the Jurifdidion thereof. It is very pleafantly 
feated for Gardens and Fruits, rich in Silks ; their Khan 
fent to be Governor thereof one of his Barons named Lu - 
confer, with eight thoufand Horfe, who rebelled againft 
this Lord, but was reduced and (lain, by an Army of one 
hundred thoufand Horfe, under two other Barons, fent 
againft him, and the Country reduced to Obedience. Se- 
ven Days off towards the South, is the famous City named 
Singuimatu , to which, on the South a great River runs, 
which being divided by the Inhabitants of the Place into 
two Rivers, flows one Branch to the Eaft towards Cathay , 
and the other to the Weft toward Mangi j by thefe Rivers 
innumerable Veffels, and incredible for their Size and 
Wealth, bring Neceflaries to both Provinces. If you 
proceed fixteen Days Journey towards the South from 
Singuimatu, you will meet with Cities and Towns where 
prodigious Trading is exercifed. The Inhabitants ol thefe 
Countries are Idolaters, fubjed to the Great Khan. Af- 
ter that, fixteen Days, you come ulito a great River named 
Caramon an , which is faid to take its rife in the Kingdom of 
Uncan , or Prefbyter John, in the North. It is very 
deep, and carries Ships of great Burthen •, it is alfo well 
flock’d with Fiflr, within one Day’s Journey of the Sea, 
There are in this River fifteen thoufand Sail, each of 
which carries fifteen Elorfes, and twenty Men, befides 
Viduals and Mariners, This is the Khan s Fleet, 
kept 
