...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...and better quality than that of sheep ; of this the Indians make their clothes."* The next mention of the cotton plant, occurs more than a hundred years...

...together. Herodotus tells us that cotton was the customary wear of the Indians. He says, that they possess a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produces...and better quality than that of sheep ; of this the Indians make their clothes. Nearchus, of the time of Alexander, also tells us, that the Indians wore...

...gives some obscure hints of such a plant being in use in India. The inhabitants of India, says he, possess a kind of plant which, instead of fruit, produces...of sheep ; of this the natives make their clothes. When describing the corslet of Amasis, he accordingly designates cotton under the name of tree-wool,...

...it was known even before his day. In his account of the Indians, he says, "They possess, likewise, a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces...and better quality than that of sheep. Of this the Indians make their clothes. "f Other accounts equally authentic clearly show that the cotton was used...

...ignorant of this material. " The father of history " thus expresses himself: " They possess likewise a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces...wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep ; and of this material the Indians manufacture their clothing." Nearehus, the admiral to whom Alexander...

...distinctly asserts that the Indians wore cotton ; " They possess likewise," says the same historian, " a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produces...wool, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep ; and of this material the Indians manufacture their clothing." Nearchus, the admiral to whom Alexander...

...distinctly asserts that the Indians wore cotton ; " They possess likewise," says the same historian, " a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produces...wool, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep ; and of this material the Indians manufacture their clothing." Nearchus, the admiral to whom Alexander...

...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...and better quality than that of sheep ; of this the Indians make their clothes."* The next mention of the cotton plant, occurs more than a hundred years...

...advanced state. He says : — " They possess a kind of plant, which instead of fruit produces tcool, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep ; of this the Indians make their clothes." Nearchus, the admiral to whom Alexander entrusted the survey of the Indus,...

...linen together. Herodotus tells us that cotton was the customary wear of the Indians. He says that they possess a kind of plant which, instead of fruit, produces...better quality than that of sheep, — of this the Indians make their clothes. Nearchus, of the time of Alexander, also tells us that the Indians wore...