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Silk Road Traveler Identity Quest: Text, Kitty Lam
Silk Road Traveler Identity Quest: Text, Kitty Lam
Kitty Lam
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“In the country of ‘the lord of elephants’ the people are quick and enthusiastic, and entirely given to learning. They cultivate especially magical arts. They wear a robe thrown across them, with their right shoulder bare; their hair is done up in a ball on the top, and left undressed on the four sides. Their various tribes occupy different towns; their houses are built stage over stage.”