 | Ju-kua Chao - Africa, Eastern - 1911 - 322 pages
...height»5. There is also (in this country) a wild animal called tsu-la (fg. $jfi; it resembles a camel iu shape, an ox in size, and is of a yellow colour. Its...hind legs only three feet. Its head is high up and 20 turned upwards. Its skin is an inch thick9. There is also (in this country) a kind of mule with... | |
 | Oriental philology - 1918 - 592 pages
...country) a wild animal called fil 4SI tsu-la (cantonnais ts'o-lap < arabe M\^ zurâfa, «girafe »(1)); it resembles a camel in shape, an ox in size, and is of yellow colour. Ils fore legs are five feet long, Us hind legs only three feet. Its head is bigh up... | |
 | Henri Cordier - 1920 - 188 pages
...F. Hirth, Die Lander des Islam, Supp. Vol. V. of Toung Pao, 1894, p. 54. Tsuboi Kumazo, Actes XII° Cong, Int. Orient., Rome, 1899, II., p. 1 20. XXXIII.,...Cf. FERRAND, /. Asiatique, July-August, 1918, pp. 155-158. XXXIV., p. 422. ZANGHIBAR. We read in the Tao i chi lio : " This country [Ts'eng yao lo] is... | |
 | Henri Cordier, Marco Polo - Science - 1920 - 182 pages
...V. of Toung Poo, 1894, p. 54. Tsuboi Kumazo, Actes XII' Cong, Int. Orient., Rome, 1899, II., p. 120. XXXIII., p. 421. GIRAFFES. Speaking of Pi p'a lo (Berbera...Cf. FERRAND, /. Asiatique, July-August, 1918, pp. 155-158. XXXIV., p. 422. ZANGHIBAR. We read in the Too i chi lio : " This country [Ts'eng yao lo] is... | |
 | Henri Cordier - Asia - 1920 - 182 pages
...Pao, 1894, p. 54. Tsuboi Kumazo, Actes XII" Cong. Int. Orient., Rome, 1899, II., p. 1 20. XXXIIL.p. 421. GIRAFFES. Speaking of Pi p'a lo (Berbera Coast)...Cf. FERRAND, /. Asiatique, July-August, 1918, pp. I5S-I58. XXXIV., p. 422. ZANGHIBAR. We read in the Tao i chi lio : " This country [Ts'eng yao lo] is... | |
 | American Oriental Society - Oriental philology - 1910 - 336 pages
...the giraffe]. It resembles a camel in shape, an oxen in size, and it is of a yellow colour. Its front legs are five feet long, its hind legs only three feet. Its head is high up and turns upwards. Its skin is an inch thick. There is also a mule with brown, white and black stripes... | |
 | Ju-kua Chao - Africa, Eastern - 1912 - 348 pages
...but not to any great height*5. There is also (in this country) a wild animal called tsu-la (fg. ^); it resembles a camel in shape, an ox in size, and...hind legs only three feet. Its head is high up and 20 turned upwards. Its skin is an inch thick6. There is also (in this country) a kind of mule with... | |
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XXXIII., p. 421. GIRAFFES. Speaking of Pi p'a lo (Berbera Coast) Chau Ju-kwa (p. 128) says : " There is also (in this country) a wild animal called tsula; it resembles a camel in shape, an ox in size, and is of a yellow colour. Its fore legs are five... 