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The travels of marco polo sparknotes6/3/2023 ![]() There are also giraffes in plenty, and wild asses too. Indeed they declare that some of these boars are as big as buffaloes. You may infer for yourselves what must have been the size of the boar that had such tusks as this. He had one of them weighed and found that its weight was 14 lb. I assure you that they brought back with them the tusks of a wild boar of monstrous size. And these later emissaries, and the other who had been held captive, had much to tell him of the marvels of these strange islands. ![]() Now that I have given you this second-hand account of the gryphon bird, let me add that the Great Khan sent special emissaries here to learn about these islands, and again to treat for the release of a previous emissary who had been detained as a captive. Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo. ![]()
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