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κομίζουσι. Beside the escort of ‘Royal Scyths’, who go right through with the body, there are always mourners of two tribes, the one just entered (οἳ δὲ ἂν παραδέξωνται) and the one just left (ἐς τοὺς πρότερον ἦλθον).

M. Polo (i. 51) describes how the bodies of the Great Khans were all buried near a ‘mountain called Altai’ (which is not the Altai Mountains), even if they are 100 days' journey away. The convoy of the funeral killed all they met, saying, ‘go wait upon your lord in the other world.’ The Khan's horses too were killed (cf. c. 72).

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