The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 268
ndershim in a fit state to make a meal of {/. Ind. Arch. IV. 426).* Thereis a great difference in aspect between the one-horned species {Rh.ScmdaicHs and Rh. Indicus) and the two-horned. The Malays expresswhat that difference is admirably, in calling the last Badak-Karhaii, theBuffalo-Rhinoceros,… … The three Asiatic Rhinoceroses : (upper) Indicus, (middle) Sondaicus, (lower) Sumatranus. the rough appearance of the organ. The Chinese have the belief, andthe Jesuit Lecomte attests it from professed observation of the animalin confinement. {Chin. Repos. VII. 137 ; Lecomte, II. 406.) The legend,…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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