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Marco Polo, "The Book of Ser Marco Polo" (trans. H. Yule), Book II, ch. 24.

Marco Polo (English translation by Henry Yule, Project Gutenberg)

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  1. The Emperor, you might say, has mastered the art of alchemy in perfection.
  2. The paper is made from the white inner bark found between the wood and the thick outer bark of the mulberry tree. Refusal to accept it is punishable by death.
  3. A note mentions Bretschneider's correction: "not mulberry, but paper mulberry (Broussonetia)."

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