The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant. / To Which Is Added a Sketch of the History of Cotton and the Cotton Trade

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Henry Lee

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Ahasuerus, cotton hangings in the palace of, at Shushan, 66
Alexander the Great, descent of the Indus and Hydaspes by, 68
Alexa„nder th„ Great,sagacity and wise policy of, 67, 72
Alexa„nder th„ Great,opens up the Euphrates and Tigris, 71
Alexa„nder th„ Great,selects the site of Alexandria, 68
Alexa„nder th„ Great,Europe indebted to, for the introduction of cotton, 72
Alexandria made the centre of the Indian trade, 72
Alex„ndria Lighthouse, Library, and Temple of Serapis at, 71
Alex„ndria destruction of the Library of—Appendix H, 105
Amasis II., Corselet padded with cotton presented to Sparta by King, 46
Aristobulus mentions “a tree bearing wool, which was carded,” 47
Arist„bulus report by, of the great heat at Susiana-Shushan, 66
Arrian’s account of the cotton trade in his day, 73
Barnacle Geese, the fable of, compared with that of the Barometz, 52
Barometz the, described by Sir John Mandeville, 2
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Claude Duret, 5, 16
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Talmudical writers, 6
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Odoricus of Friuli, 8
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Fortunio Liceti, 11
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, 11
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Sigismund von Herberstein, 11
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Guillaume Postel, 13
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Michel, the Interpreter, 13
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Girolamo Cardano, 13
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Julius CÆsar Scaliger, 14
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Antonius Deusingius, 15
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Athanasius Kircher, 21
Baro„etz, t „e, descri„ed by Jean de Struys, 21
Baro„etz, t „e, in verse by Guillaume de Saluste, Sieur du Bartas, 17
Baro„etz, t „e, in ve„se by Joshua Sylvester, translator of the above, 18
Baro„etz, t „e, in ve„se by Dr. Erasmus Darwin, 35
Baro„etz, t „e, in ve„se by Dr. De la Croix, 36
Baro„etz, t „e,In„ia, use of„cotton in,„mentio„ed by Nearchus, 46
In„ia, use of„cotton in,„mentio„ed by Aristobulus, 47
In„ia, use of„cotton in,„mentio„ed by Strabo, 47
In„ia, the Indo-Scythia of the ancients, 57
In„ia, cotton indigenous to, 64
In„ia, trade with opened by Alexander viÂ Egypt, 68
In„ia,trad „ with viÂ the Euphrates and Tigris, 71
In„ia,trad „ with restored to Egypt by the Venetians, 82
In„ia, the Cape route to, discovered by Vasco da Gama, 83, 88
Indo-Scythia, identical with Scinde and the Punjab, 57
Japanese artificial mermaids compared with Chinese toy-dogs, 42, 54
Jadua, or Jeduah, the, 7
Kircher, Athanasius, declares the Barometz to be a plant, 21
Kaempfer, Dr. Engelbrecht, searches ineffectually for the Vegetable Lamb, 23
Kaem„fer, D„. Engel„ recht, suggests that the fable refers to Astrachan lamb skins, 23
Lamb, the “Scythian,” why so called, 56
La „ b, t„e “Scyt„ian,” see “Barometz.”
La „ b, t„e, “Tartarian,” why so called, 59
La „ b, t„e “Tart „rian,” see “Barometz.”
La „ b, t„e, Vegetable, its fleece cotton wool, 60
La „ b, t„e, Vege„able,see “Barometz.”
Lesseps, De, constructs the Suez Canal, 94
Liceti, Fortunio, says the “Vegetable Lamb” was “as white as snow,” 11
Loureiro, Juan de, describes the making of artificial dogs from ferns, 44
Magalhaens, Fernando, discovers the route round Cape Horn, 84
Manchester, Flemish weavers settle in, 90
Mandeville, Sir John, describes the “Vegetable Lamb,” 2
Mand„ville, S„r Jo„n, biographical sketch of—Appendix A, 97
Mela, Pomponius, describes the cotton-plant, 48
Mermaids, Japanese, compared with Chinese dogs, 42, 54
Mexicans, the ancient, use of cotton by, 85, 86
Michel, the Interpreter, describes the “Vegetable Lamb” and its uses, 13
Monsoons, the, noticed by Hippalus, 73
Museum, British, supposed “Scythian Lamb” in the, 24, 43
Mus„um, Natural History. See Museum, British.
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