CHAPTER IX.
And so they went on eastward, ever eastward, and the moons were born, grew, waned, and died...
They passed through Khotan, where the divers bring up jade from the rivers, white jade and black jade, and green jade veined with gold.
They passed through Carnal, the shameful city, whose women are fair and wanton, whose men are cuckolds.

And they passed through the province of Chitingolos, where are the mountains of the Salamanders.

They passed through the city of Campicha, where there are more idols than men.

And they passed through the great city of Samarkand, where the Green Stone is on which Timur's throne was set...

And were born and died...
They passed through Tangut, where the men will not carry the dead out through the door of a house, but must break a hole in the wall.