he excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of
Polo.
hat I have given you this second-hand account of
phon bird, let me add that the Great Khan sent
Jemissaries here to learn about these islands, and
o treat for the release of a previous emissary who
een detained as a captive. And these later
aries, and the other who had been held captive,
uch to tell him of the marvels of these strange
s. I assure you that they brought back with them
=ks of a wild boar of monstrous size. He had one
mweighed and found that its weight was 14 lb. You
fer for yourselves what must have been the size
boar that had such tusks as this. Indeed they
e that some of these boars are as big as buffaloes.
are also giraffes in plenty, and wild asses too..
ther their beasts and birds are so different from
hat it is a marvel to hear tell of them and a greater
Iwhich details from the text best support the author's
purpose to inform the reader that the islands are
amazing to him? Select three options.
There are plenty of giraffes and wild asses on the
islands.
The wild boars on the island are as big as buffaloes,
with 14 lb tusks.
The gryphon birds are monstrous in size.
The account of the gryphon bird is second-hand.
The islanders call the gryphons "rukhs."