the ClCtte keng In. Ihepresent marble bridge spanning the lake was only built in 1392. A marble l)ridgeconnects this island (an islet with the hall I-tien tien) with the IVan-sui s/ian.Another bridge, made of wood, 120 elit long and 22 broad, leads eastward to thewall of the Imperial Palace. A… … 374 MARCO POLO Book IL CHAPTER XI.Concerning the City of Cambaluc. Now there was on that spot in old times a great andnoble city called Cambaluc, which is as much as to sayin our tongue The city of the Emperor.^ But theGreat Kaan was informed by his Astrologers that thiscity would prove rebellious,…
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