Japan and the Japanese illustrated . ^^CS^^ GY>:NASTS .U KIOTO. Pekin and founded the Yum dynasty, umlcr wliirli tin- gicat canal was is the same .sovereign who kept at his Court the Venetian ^larco Polo, tlie firsttraveller who furnished luirope with exact notions China and Japan. Hisnarratives, it is .said, exercised so decided an inthicnce upon Christopher Colundais, thatthe discoverv of America is in a due Lo them. KOUBLAI-KirAX. luJ Kdulilai-Kliau wrote to the Emperor of Nipliou :— ? I am the lieatl of a state formerly witliout importaiiee. Xow
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . ^^CS^^ GY>:NASTS .U KIOTO. Pekin and founded the Yum dynasty, umlcr wliirli tin- gicat canal was is the same .sovereign who kept at his Court the Venetian ^larco Polo, tlie firsttraveller who furnished luirope with exact notions China and Japan. Hisnarratives, it is .said, exercised so decided an inthicnce upon Christopher Colundais, thatthe discoverv of America is in a due Lo them. KOUBLAI-KirAX. luJ Kdulilai-Kliau wrote to the Emperor of Nipliou :— ? I am the lieatl of a state formerly witliout importaiiee. Xow the cities aiuleouiitries whirh rriognizc my [lower ar< mimhcrless. \ am emleavouriiig to relations with the princes my neighlioiirs. 1 have put an end to thfhostilities of wliieh the land of Kaoli was the scene. The eluef of that littli-. A WKKsiLiNi; cii;ci:.s. kingdom has prcsentci] himself at my ClUirt to declare his gi-atitude. I ha,ve treatedhim as a father treats his eliild. I will not act otherwise towards the piineesof Xiphon. Xo (nilia>sv has, as yet, come from ymir Court to confer withinc. I fear that in your country the true state of tilings is unknown. I thereforei^eritl vou this letter hv delegates, who will inform you of my intentions. flu wise 110 LIFE IN JAPAN: man lias said that the world should consist only of one family. But if amicablndatiuns Ije not ktpt up, how shall that juinciple be realized ? For my part, 1 hav
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