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The Travels of Marco Polo

‘Il prennent la sel e la font cuire, et puis la gitent en forme.’ [Mr. Hosie has a chapter (Three Years in W. China, VII.) to which he has given the title of Through Caindu to Carajan; regarding salt he writes (p. 121): “The brine wells from which the salt is derived lie at Pai yen ching, 14 miles to the south‐west of the city [of Yen‐yuan] …