ot its meaning,as cow yak is dri-mo, never pronounced dre, and unintelligible without the suffix,mo. Dre may meaneither mule, dirty, or rice, but as T have never seen the word written, I cannot decide on any ofthese terms, all of which have exactly the same pronunciation. The Mongols call it Murus… … Chap. XLVIII. ROUTE FROM CHENG-TU TO YUN-NAN 69 I leave the preceding paragraph as it stood in the first edition, because it showshow near the true position of Caindu these unaided deductions from our authors datahad carried me. That paragraph was followed by an erroneous hypothesis as to…
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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