[229] Yates, “Textrinum Antiquorum,” p. 204.
[230] Yates, “Textrinum Antiquorum,” note (*), p. 184. Aristotle (fourth century B.C.), however, had already given evidence respecting the use of silk, which was adopted and repeated by Pliny, Clemens Alexandrinus, and Basil. Aristotle tells the story of Pamphile. One thousand years later Procopius (sixth century A.D.) says the raw material was then brought from the East, and woven in the Phœnician cities of Tyre and Berytus. See Yates, pp. 163, 164.
[231] Ibid., note (*), p. 184.
[232] Yates, “Textrinum Antiquorum,” p. 181.
[233] I have mentioned this already, to prove the antiquity of the art of embroidery. Here I repeat it in reference to the first mention of silk. (See p. [38] ante.)
[234] “Bibliothèque Orientale de M. Herbelot,” ed. 1778, vol. iii. p. 19.
[235] Auberville, p. 2; Yates (pp. 172, 173) calls her Si-ling, wife of Hoang-ti, and quotes the “Resumé des Principaux Tractes Chinois,” traduits par Stanislas Julien, 1837, pp. 67, 68.
[236] Auberville, “Histoire des Tissus,” pp. 2-4; “Du Halde,” vol. ii. pp. 355, 356 (8vo edition, London, 1736).
[237] Related by Klaproth, the Russian Orientalist.
[238] Yates, p. 238. “History of Khotan,” translated by M. Abel Rémusat, pp. 55, 56.