Note 039 This expression is used in the memorial to the emperor Venti (Du Halde, tom. ii. p. 417). without adopting the exaggerations of Marco Polo and Isaac Vossius, we may rationally allow for Pekin two millions of inhabitants. The cities of the south, which contain the manufactures of China, are still more populous.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 26