Vulgar words in The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 (Page 1)
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The Wild Ass of Mongolia.
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The _Kyang_, or WILD ASS of Mongolia.
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You would have me believe that if I put an ass into the furnace it will come forth a horse."
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The accounts of his death differ, but that most commonly alleged, according to Rashiduddin, is that Mangku Kaan was irritated at hearing of his approach, asking why his post-horses should be fagged to no purpose, and sent executioners to put Ruknuddin to death on the road.
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[Illustration: Wild Ass of Mongolia.]
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NOTE 3.--The Wild Ass of Mongolia is the _Dshiggetai_ of Pallas (_Asinus hemionus_ of Gray), and identical with the Tibetan _Kyang_ of Moorcroft and Trans-Himalayan sportsmen.
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[The wild ass (Tibetan _Kyang_, Mongol _Holu_ or _Hulan_) is called by the Chinese _yeh ma_, "wild horse," though "every one admits that it is an ass, and should be called _yeh lo-tzu_."
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Dr. Sven Hedin says the _habitat_ of the _Kulan_ is the heights of Tibet as well as the valley of the Tarim; it looks like a mule with the mane and tail of an ass, but shorter ears, longer than those of a horse; he gives a picture of it.--H.
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Étym._)--H. C.] In the commercial lists of our Indian north-west frontier we find as synonymous _Saghri_ or _Kímukht_, "Horse or Ass-hide."