the material of which it is traditionally said to be com-posed (as a provision of fuel in case of siege).* Whether this is Kiiblais Green Mount * Some years ago, in Calcutta, I learned that a large store of charcoal existed under the soil ofFort William, deposited there, I believe, in the early… … 372 MARCO POLO Book IT. does nol seem to be quite certain. Dr. Lock hart tells me that, according to the in-formation he collected when living at Peking, it is not so, but was formed by theMing Emperors from the excavation of the existing lake on the site which the MongolPalace had occupied. There…
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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