INDEX.

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, sought for by Dr. Engelbrecht Kaempfer, [23]
Baro„etz, t „e, sou „ ht f„r byJohn Bell, of Autermony, [28], [Appendix F], [103]
Baro„etz, t „e, sou „ ht f„r bythe Abbé Chappe d’Auteroche, [30]
Barometz, origin of the word, [23]
Baro „ etz, the fable of the, [1]
Baro „ etz, th„ fable o„ the, compared with that of the “Barnacle Geese,” [52]
Baro „ etz, th„ fable o„ the, its various phases and transformations, [1], [53]
Bartas, the Sieur du, lines by, on the Barometz, [17]
Bell, John, seeks ineffectually the “Vegetable Lamb,” [28]
Borametz. See [Barometz].
Breyn, Dr., describes to the Royal Society his Chinese artificial “Lamb,” [30]
British Museum, specimen of the “Scythian Lamb” in, [24], [43]
Buckley, Mr., Chinese articles presented to the Royal Society by, [27]
Buc„ley, M „., his Chinese dog fashioned from rhizome of a fern, [27]
Canal from Suez to the East Nile commenced by Ptolemy Philadelphus, [71]
Ca„al fr„m Su „ z toAden, constructed by De Lesseps, [94]
Cape route, the, discovered by Vasco da Gama, [83], [88]
Cardano describes the “Vegetable Lamb,” [13]
Car„ ano exposes the unreasonableness of believing the fable, [14]
Central America, ancient use of cotton in, [85], [86]
Chappe d’Auteroche, the Abbé seeks for the “Barometz,” [30]
Chinese artificial dogs made from root-stocks of ferns, [27], [28], [34], [39], [44]
Columbus finds cotton in use in America, [84]
Cotton, its use of great antiquity in India, [65]
Cot„on,reaches Persia from India, [66]
Cot„on,hangings of, in the palace of Ahasuerus at Shushan, [66]
Cot„on,found in use in India by Alexander the Great, [58]
Cot„on,piece-goods introduced into Europe by the Macedonians, [72]
Cot„on,shipped from Patala and Barygaza to Aduli, [72]
Cot„on,conveyed by a circuitous coasting route, [73]
Cot„on,con„eyed in a straight course by Hippalus, [73]
Cot„on,con„eyed by the Romans viâ Palmyra, [74]
Cot„on,the trade in, through Egypt, checked by the Saracens, [74]
Cot„on,ancient Egyptians unacquainted with, [75]
Cot„on,breast-plate padded with, sent by King Amasis to Sparta, [46], [75]
Cot„on,Mark Antony’s soldiers wear, in Egypt, [76]
Cot„on,Egyptians, till the 17th century, importers, not growers of, [77]
Cot„on,in Rome and Greece manufactured by slaves, [78]
Cot„on,vestments presented to ancient Emperors of China, [79]
Cot„on,manufactured by the Moors and Saracens in Spain, [80]
Cot„on,paper made from, by the Spanish Arabs, [80]
Cot„on,manufacture in Spain relapsed after the conquest of Grenada, [80]
Cot„on,conveyed by Tartar caravans from India to Europe, [56], [57], [58], [81], [82]
Cotton conveyed again through Egypt by the Venetians, [82]
Cot„on manufacture in Saxony, the Netherlands, and Germany, [83]
Cot„on found by Columbus in daily use in the West Indies, [84]
Cot„onfou „ d by Magalhaens in use in Brazil, [84]
Cot„on used by the ancient Mexicans and Peruvians, [85], [86]
Cot„on mummy cloths brought from ancient Peruvian tombs, [86]
Cot„on imported into England in the 16th century through Antwerp, [91]
Cot„on statistics, [92]
Cot„on now crosses from India by the route planned by Alexander, [95]
Cotton-plant, the, described by Theophrastus, [47]
Cotto„-plant, t„e, desc„ibed by Pomponius Mela, [48]
Cotto„-plant, t„e, desc„ibed by Julius Pollux, [49]
Cotto„-plant, botany of the, [63]
Cotto„-plant, the, indigenous to India, [64]
Cotto„-plant, t„e, noticed in India by Alexander and his army, [58]
Cotto„-plant, culture of the, in China encouraged by the Mongols, [79]
Cotto„-plant, cult„re of t „ e in Arabia and Syria, [77]
Cotto„-plant, cult„re of t „ e in Spain by the Saracens and Moors, [80]
Cotto„-plant, cult„re of t „ e in Sp „in relapsed after the conquest of Grenada, [80]
Cotto„-plant, the, still grows wild in the Peninsula, [81]
Cotton-wool the fleece of the “Scythian Lamb,” [63]
Ctesias writes of the “trees that bear wool,” [46]
Danielovich, Demetrius, describes the “Vegetable Lamb” to Von Herberstein, [12]
Darwin, Dr. Erasmus, lines by, on the “Barometz,” 35
De la Croix, Dr., Latin lines by, on the Barometz, [36]
Deusingius, Antonius, disbelieves the animal-plant monstrosity, [15]
Dicksonia barometz a tree-fern, [40]
Dick„onia bar „metz toy dogs made from rhizomes of, by the Chinese, [41]
Dick„onia bar „metz does not grow in Tartary or Scythia, [44]
Duret, Claude, describes the “Barometz,” 3
Du„et, Cl„ude, avows his entire belief in the rumour, [16]
East India Company incorporated, [92]
Egypt, the route from India to Europe planned by Alexander, [68], [93], [95]
Egy„pt,conquest of, by the Saracens, [7]
Egy„pt,the country of flax, [75], [79]
Egy„pt,the high road to India to be guarded, [96]
Egyptian maritime traffic with the East lasted 1000 years, [74]
Egyptians, the ancient, unacquainted with cotton, [75]
Egyp„ians, till the 17th century importers not growers of cotton, [77]
Ferns, models of dogs made of, by the Chinese, [27], [28], [34], [39], [44]
Fe„ns, their economic value, [40], [41]
Flemish weavers settle in Manchester, [90]
General belief in the “Vegetable Lamb,” [2]
Hebrew, ancient, version of the fable, [6]
Herberstein, Sigismund von, describes the “Vegetable Lamb,” [11]
Herodotus writes of trees bearing for their fruit fleeces of wool, [46]
Hippalus notices the monsoons, [73]
India, use of cotton in, mentioned by Herodotus, [46]
In„ia, use of„cotton in,„mentio„ed by Ctesias, [46]
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].
Mus„um, Hunterian, R. Coll. Surgeons, supposed Scythian Lamb in the, [43]
Nearchus mentions the “wool-bearing trees,” [46]
Nea„chus descent of the Indus by, [68]
Nieremberg, on the “Vegetable Lamb,” [11]
Odoricus of Friuli describes the “Vegetable Lamb,” [8]
Odo„icus of Fr„ulicurious incident in the life of—[Appendix B], [100]
Peruvians, the ancient, use of cotton by, [86], [87]
Pliny confuses cotton with flax, [48]
Pollux, Julius, describes the cotton-plant, [49]
Postel, Guillaume, informs von Herberstein of the “wool-bearing plant,” [13]
Ptolemy Soter follows Alexander’s policy and takes possession of Egypt, [71]
Pto„emy So„erfounds the lighthouse, library and temple at Alexandria, [71]
Pto„emyPhiladelphus commences a canal from Suez to the East Nile, [71]
Royal Society, supposed “Scythian Lamb” laid before the, by Sir Hans Sloane, [24]
Royal Society, supposed “Scythian Lamb” laid before the, by Dr. Breyn, [30]
Saluste, Guillaume de, Sieur du Bartas. See “[Bartas].”
Scaliger, Julius Cæsar, attacks Cardano on the subject of the “Barometz,” [14]
Scythian Lamb, the, why so called, [56]
Scy „ian La „b, t „e, see “[Barometz].”
Scythians, the, describe snow as “feathers,” [51]
Scythia-Indo the same as Scinde and the Punjab, [57]
Scy„hia-in Asia identical with Tartary, [57]
Scy„hia-Parva identical with certain districts of Silistria and Bessarabia, [57]
Shushan, cotton hangings in the palace of Ahasuerus at, [66]
Sloane, Sir Hans, lays before the Royal Society a supposed “Scythian Lamb,” [24]
Slo„ne, S„r H„ns, identification of the above by, unsatisfactory, [28]
Slo„ne, S„r H„ns, bequest by, to the Nation, [43]
Strabo mentions the “wool-bearing trees,” [47]
Strauss Jans Janszoon. See “[Struys].”
Struys, Jean de, mentions the “Barometz,” [21]
Str„ys, Jea „ de doubts the “animal” version of the story, [22]
Suez Canal completed by De Lesseps, [94]
Talmudical writers mention the “Barometz,” under the name of “Jadua,” [7]
Tartary identical with Scythia in Asia, [57]
Tartar caravans, cotton conveyed by, to Europe, [56], [57], [58], [81], [82]
Tartarian Lamb, the, why so called, [59]
Tart„rian La„ b, t „e, see “[Barometz].”
Theophrastus writes of the cultivation of the “wool-bearing tree,” [47]
Theop„rastus exactly describes the cotton-plant, [48]
Trees, wool-bearing, described by Herodotus, [46]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Ctesias, [46]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Nearchus, [46]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Aristobulus, [47]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Strabo, [47]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Theophrastus, [47]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Pomponius Mela, [48]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Pliny, [48]
Tre„s, wool-„earing, descr„bed by Julius Pollux, [49]
Vasco da Gama opens the Cape route to India, [83], [88]
Vegetable Lamb, the, its fleece cotton wool, [60]
Vege„able La„b, t„e, see “[Barometz].”
Waghorn, Lieut., opens the route across the desert, [93]
Wool-bearing trees. See [Trees, wool-bearing].
Zavolha, the, a renowned Tartar horde, [12], [14]

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