But it took two or three days before the poor brutes were again in
full possession of their senses and appetites."
"Wild rhubarb, for which the Nan-shan was famous in Marco Polo's days,
spread its huge fleshy leaves everywhere." (STEIN, Ruins of Desert
Cathay, II., p. 305.)
XLIII., p. 218.
SUKCHUR.
The first character of Suchau was pronounced Suk at the time of the
T'ang; we find a Sughciu in von Le Coq's MSS. from Turkestan and
Sughcu in the runnic text of W. Thomsen; cf. PELLIOT, J. As.,
Mai-Juin, 1912, p. 591; the pronunciation Suk-chau was still used by
travellers coming from Central Asia - for instance, by the envoys of Shah
Rukh. See Cathay, III., p. 126 n.
OF THE CITY OF CAMPICHU.
XLIV., pp. 219 seq. "The Idolaters have many minsters and abbeys after
their fashion. In these they have an enormous number of idols, both small
and great, certain of the latter being a good ten paces in stature; some
of them being of wood, others of clay, and others yet of stone. They are
all highly polished, and then covered with gold. The great idols of which
I speak lie at length.
