. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . s of Asia. These read more like the memorandaof a dyspeptic dream than anything else, and the only passage I can find illustrative ofour traveller is the following ; the region is described as lying twenty days south-westof Kashgar : The Keiaz tribe live in caves on the highest peaks, subsist by hunting,keep no flocks, said to be anthropophagous, but have handsome women ; eat theirflesh raw. (P. 295; Pelerins Bond. III. 316, 421, etc.; Ladak, 34, 45, 47 ; , I. 92, 96-97 ; Not. et Ext. II.
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . s of Asia. These read more like the memorandaof a dyspeptic dream than anything else, and the only passage I can find illustrative ofour traveller is the following ; the region is described as lying twenty days south-westof Kashgar : The Keiaz tribe live in caves on the highest peaks, subsist by hunting,keep no flocks, said to be anthropophagous, but have handsome women ; eat theirflesh raw. (P. 295; Pelerins Bond. III. 316, 421, etc.; Ladak, 34, 45, 47 ; , I. 92, 96-97 ; Not. et Ext. II. 475, XIV. 492 ; /. A. S. B. XXXI. 279 ;Mr. R. Shaw in Geog. Proceedings, XVI. 246, 400; Notes regarding Bolor, etc.,/. S. XLII. 473.) As this sheet goes finally to press we hear of the exploration of Pamir by officersof Mr. Forsyths Mission. [I have made use of the information collected by them.—H. C] VOL. L M 9 i8o MARCO POLO Book I. CHAPTER XXXII I. Of the Kingdom of Cascar. Cascar is a region lying between north-east and east,and constituted a kingdom in former days, but now it. Head of a Native of Kashcar. is subject to the Great Kaan. The people worshipMahommet. There are a crood number of towns and o Chap. XXXIII. THE KINGDOM OF CASCAR 181 villages, but the greatest and finest is Cascar itself. Theinhabitants live by trade and handicrafts; they have
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