...struck a traveller from Europe ; particularly as in his account of the Indians, he mentions that they possess a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit,...of sheep : of this the natives make their clothes. In another place, he mentions that the Egyptians, as well as the priesthood, are so regardful of neatness,...

...was said to exist among the Indians. " They possess likewise," says the father of Grecian history, " a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produces...of sheep; of this the natives make their clothes." His name for cotton, when describing * ' L'origine des Loix, des Ails, des Sciences, et deleurprogrea...

...Herodotus says the Indians, in his time, possessed a kind of plant which, instead of fruit, produced wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep, of which the natives made their clothes ; this plant was, no doubt, the same as the modern cotton of India."...

...Herodotus says, the Indians, in his time, possessed a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produced wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep, of which the natives made their clothes : this plant was no doubt the same as the modern cotton of India...

...Herodotus says, the Indians, in his time, possessed a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produced wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep, of which the natives made their clothes: this plant was no doubt the same as the modern cotton of India...

...together." And Proverbs xzxi. 13.—" She MCketb wool and flax, and worktth willingly with her hand*." C instead of fruit, produces wool, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep : of this the Indians make their clothes"* If, then, at that period, cottons were the common clothing of the people,...

...together." And Proverbs xxxi. 13. — " She teeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands." C instead of fruit, produces wool, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep : of this the Indians make their clothes."* If, then, at that period, cottons were the common clothing of the people,...

...dress of the inhabitants of India. " He says," in speaking of this people, " that they possess likewise a kind of plant, which instead of fruit produces wool of a finer quality than that of sheep ; of this the natives make their clothes." It is obvious from bis manner...

...Herodotus says, the Indians in his time possessed a kind of plant which, instead of fruit, produced wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep, of which the natives made their clothes. — Oriental Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 407. Whoever has been in India,...

...first noticed by a historian of Europe. " They (the inhabitants of India) possess likewise," says he, " a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool of a fine and better quality than that of sheep; of this the Indians make their clothes."* The next mention...