Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 440
ed. Theyhave but one mast, but they are of great burthen, for Ican assure you they carry, reckoning by our weight, from4000 to 12,000 cantars each. In going upstream theyhave to be hauled, for the current is so strong that theycould not make head in any other manner. Now thetow-line, which is some… … THE TRUE STORY OF MARCO POLO. 427 Chapter XVIII. AMONG THE ISLES OF INDIA. We have already said that the first accountsever written of the countries lying to the southand east of China were the work of MarcoPolo. It should not be understood that hevisited all the islands of the Indian…
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