For some reason they did not take ship, but instead turned northward through the Persian deserts, and so by way of Balkh over the Pamir to Kashgar, and by way of Koran into the Hwang-ho valley and on to Peking.

• 由于某种原因，他们结果没有乘船，而是向北穿过波斯沙漠，越过帕米尔高原上的巴尔喀来到卡什加，再经过哥坦进入黄河流域，最后到达北京。