Marco Polo, Rustichello of Pisa - The Travels of Marco Polo, 1

POPULATION.
CHAPTER XXIII. [CONCERNING THE OPPRESSIONS OF ACHMATH THE BAILO, AND THE
PLOT THAT WAS FORMED AGAINST HIM.[NOTE 1]
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSETH THE BARK OF TREES, MADE INTO
SOMETHING LIKE PAPER, TO PASS FOR MONEY OVER ALL HIS COUNTRY.
CHAPTER XXV. CONCERNING THE TWELVE BARONS WHO ARE SET OVER ALL THE
AFFAIRS OF THE GREAT KAAN.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW THE KAAN'S POSTS AND RUNNERS ARE SPED THROUGH MANY
LANDS AND PROVINCES.
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW THE EMPEROR BESTOWS HELP ON HIS PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ARE
AFFLICTED WITH DEARTH OR MURRAIN.
CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES TREES TO BE PLANTED BY THE
HIGHWAYS.
CHAPTER XXIX. CONCERNING THE RICE-WINE DRUNK BY THE PEOPLE OF CATHAY.
CHAPTER XXX. CONCERNING THE BLACK STONES THAT ARE DUG IN CATHAY, AND ARE
BURNT FOR FUEL.
CHAPTER XXXI. HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES STORES OF CORN TO BE MADE, TO
HELP HIS PEOPLE WITHAL IN TIME OF DEARTH.
CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE CHARITY OF THE EMPEROR TO THE POOR.
CHAPTER XXXIII. [CONCERNING THE ASTROLOGERS IN THE CITY OF CAMBALUC.]
CHAPTER XXXIV. [CONCERNING THE RELIGION OF THE CATHAYANS;[NOTE 1] THEIR
VIEWS AS TO THE SOUL; AND THEIR CUSTOMS.

THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO

THE COMPLETE YULE-CORDIER EDITION

Including the unabridged third edition (1903) of Henry Yule's annotated translation, as revised by Henri
Cordier; together with Cordier's later volume of notes and addenda (1920)

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME I

Containing the first volume of the 1903 edition

DEDICATION.

TO THE MEMORY OF SIR RODERICK I. MURCHISON, BART., K.C.B., G.C.ST.A.,
G.C.ST.S.,
ETC.
THE PERFECT FRIEND
WHO FIRST BROUGHT HENRY YULE AND JOHN MURRAY TOGETHER
(HE ENTERED INTO REST, OCTOBER 22ND, 1871,)
AND TO THAT OF HIS MUCH LOVED NIECE,

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