is not,strictly speaking, one steppe called Pamir, but a variety of Pamirs, which are loftyvalleys between ranges of hills, presenting luxuriant summer pasture, and with floorsmore or less flat, but nowhere more than 5 or 6 miles in width and often much less. [This is quite exact; Mr. E. Delmar… … Hums of Ovis Poli. (3) Pamir Kalan (or Great); (4) Pamir Khargosi (of the hare); (5) PamiiSares ; (6) Pamir Rang-kul.—H. C] Wood speaks of the numerous wolves in this region. And the great sheep is thatto which Blyth, in honour of our traveller, has given the name of Ovis Poli.11 Apair of horns,…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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