![]() ![]() And 'tis this great multiplication of the wild beasts that prevents the country from being reoccupied. So you see the travellers make those fires to protect themselves and their cattle from the wild beasts which have so greatly multiplied since the devastation of the country. And let me tell you that merchants and other travellers through that country are wont at nightfall to gather these canes and make fires of them for as they burn they make such loud reports that the lions and bears and other wild beasts are greatly frightened, and make off as fast as possible in fact nothing will induce them to come nigh a fire of that sort. In this region you find quantities of canes, full three palms in girth and fifteen paces in length, with some three palms' interval between the joints. There are indeed towns and villages and hamlets, but all harried and destroyed. Concerning the Province of Tebet Īfter those five days' march that I spoke of, you enter a province which has been sorely ravaged and this was done in the wars of Mongu Kaan. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |