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Excerpt from The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Vol. 2 of 2 N otes. - I King-sze' now Hang - chau. '2. The circuit ascribed to the City; the Bridges. 3. Hereditary T raa'es. 4. The Si-hzt or Western Lahe. 5. Dressiness of the People. 6. Charitable Establishments. 7. Paved faaa's. 8. Hot aria7 Cold Baths. 9. Kanpu, and the Hang - ehau Estuary. 10. The Nine Provinces of Manzi. II. The Kaan's Garrisons in Manzi. 12. Mourning costume. I 3. I4. T iehets recording ihm ates of houses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.