 | Herodotus - Greece - 1812 - 468 pages
...above described. They possess likewise a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool11*, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep : of this the natives make their cloaths. CVII. The last inhabited country towards the south, is Arabia, the only region of the earth... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...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 mitins made their clothes : this plant was no donbt the same as the modern cotton of India.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1821 - 478 pages
...T above described. They possess likewise a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool m, of a finer and better quality than that of sheep : of this the natives make their clothes. CVII. The last inhabited country towards the south, is Arabia, the only region of the earth which produces... | |
 | Geology - 1827 - 442 pages
...their knowledge of vegetable lint or wool, is as old as the days of Herodotus. " The Indians likewise possess a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit,...than that of sheep. Of this the natives make their cloths." Lib. Hi. cap. 106. Cotton cloths are more suited to warm climates than those of linen. After... | |
 | Science - 1827 - 448 pages
...their knowledge of vegetable lint or wool, is as old as the days of Herodotus. " The Indians likewise possess a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit,...than that of sheep. Of this the natives make their cloths." Lib. iii. cap. 106. Cotton cloths are more suited to warm climates than those of linen. After... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1828 - 228 pages
...digging, partly from the rivers, but principally by the method above described. They possess likewise a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces...of sheep : of this the natives make their clothes. CVII. The last inhabited country towards the south, is Arabia, the only region of the earth which produces... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1829 - 566 pages
...Herodotus «ay«, the Indian« in hi* 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 a« the modern cotton of India."... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1829 - 554 pages
...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 аз the modern cotton of India."... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 472 pages
...swiftness, and are sent into all parts to Improve the breed of this — T. 172 173 They possess likewise a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces...of sheep : of this the natives make their clothes. CVIL The last inhabited country towards the Eouth is Arabia, the only region of the earth which produces... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 352 pages
...digging, partly from the rivers, but principally by the method above described. They possess likewise a kind of plant, which instead of fruit, produces...and better quality than that of sheep : of this the native! make their clothes. CVII. The last inhabited country towards the south is Arabia ; the only... | |
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They possess, likewise, a kind of plant, which, instead of fruit, produces wool of a finer and better quality than that of sheep. Of this the Indians make their clothes. 
