diameter), andexactly corresponding to Polos account, will be found in Atkinsons Siberia, andanother in Vdmberys Travels. How comfortable and civilised the aspect of such ahut may be, can be seen also in Burness account of a Turkoman dwelling of this kind.This description of hut or tent is common… … Dressing up a tent. Rubruquis, Pallas, Timkowski, and others, notice the custom of turning the doorto the south ; the reason is obvious. {Atkinson, 285 ; Vdmb. 316 : Barnes, III. 51 ;Conoily, I. 96.) But throughout the Altai, Mr. Ney Elias informs me, Kalkas, 254 MARCO POLO Book I. Kirghiz, and…
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