 In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a red (pink) color, round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their dead, and...  Japan as it was and is - Page 15by Richard Hildreth - 1902 - 611 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1846 - 544 pages
...round in shape, and of great size ; equal in value to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to...precious stones. Of so great celebrity was the wealth THE КМРШЕ OF JAPAN. of this island, that a desire was excited in the breast of the grand Khan... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Japan - 1852 - 416 pages
...round in shape, and of great size ; equal in value to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to...are also found there a number of precious stones. Kublai, now reigning, to make the conquest of it, and to annex it to his dominions."* A glance at the... | |
 | Talbot Watts - Japan - 1852 - 406 pages
...to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants*^ bury their dead, and with another part to burn them....are also found there a number of precious stones. Kublai, now reigning, to make the conquest of it, and to annex it to his dominions."* A glance at the... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 548 pages
...round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls. 2 It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to...bury their dead, and with another part to burn them. s The former have a practice of putting one of theso pearls into the mouth of the corpse. There are... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 586 pages
...round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls.2 It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their dead, and with another part to burn them.3 The former have a practice of putting one of these pearls into the mouth of the corpse. There... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 548 pages
...round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls.2 It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their dead, and with another part to burn them.3 The former have a practice of putting one of these pearls into the mouth of the corpse. There... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Japan - 1856 - 396 pages
...round in shape, and of great size ; equal in value to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to...are also found there a number of precious stones. Kublai, now reigning, to make the conquest of it, and to annex it to his dominions."* A glance at the... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - Japan - 1859 - 518 pages
...round in shape, and of great size ; equal in value to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to...of the corpse. There are also found there a number o^ precious stones. " Of so great celebrity was the wealth of this island, that a desire was excited... | |
 | Japan - 1892 - 568 pages
...round in shape, and of great size ; equal in value to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to...a practice of putting one of these pearls into the month of the corpse. There are also found there a number of precious stones. " Of so great celebrity... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1904 - 722 pages
...convey an idea of them. In this island there are pearls, also, in large quantities, of a pink colour, round in shape, and of great size, equal in value...are also found there a number of precious stones." d The first account of Japan given by any European writer is found in the works of Marco Polo, who... | |
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