oned in the Ctiue keng hi. Thepresent marble bridge spanning the lake was only built in 1392. A marble bridgeconnects this island (an islet with the hall I-tHen tien) with the JVan-siti shan.Another bridge, made of wood, 120 ctii long and 22 broad, leads eastward to thewall of the Imperial Palace.… … 374 MARCO POLO Book II. 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.1 But theGreat Kaan was informed by his Astrologers that thiscity would prove…
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