Head of a Native of Kashcar. is subject to the Great Kaan. The people worshipMahommet. There are a crood number of towns and o Chap. XXXIII. THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR 181 villages, but the greatest and finest is Cascar itself. Theinhabitants live by trade and handicrafts; they have … a VI £oa I* to JS a > beautiful gardens and vineyards, and fine estates, andgrow a great deal of cotton. From this country many .V 182 MARCO POLO Book I. merchants go forth about the world on trading journeys.The natives are a wretched, niggardly set of people;they eat and drink in miserable…
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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