U 307 Marco might well say of the bamboo that it serves also a great variety of otherpurposes. An intelligent native of Arakan who accompanied me in wanderings onduty in the forests of the Burmese frontier in the beginning of 1S53, and who used toask many questions about Europe, seemed able to… … Pavilion at Yuen-mlng-Yuen. the withes that bind them, are all of bamboo. In fact, it might almost be said thatamong the Indo-Chinese nations the staff of life is a bamboo ! Scaffolding and ladders,landing-jetties, fishing apparatus, irrigation wheels and scoops, oars, masts, and yards[and in…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Inscriptions, Chinese
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