Magalhaens, Fernando, discovers the route round Cape Horn, 84 Manchester, Flemish weavers settle in, 90 Mandeville, Sir John, describes the “Vegetable Lamb,” 2 „ „ „ 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 „ Natural History. _See_ Museum, British. „ Hunterian, R. Coll. Surgeons, supposed Scythian Lamb in the, 43 Nearchus mentions the “wool-bearing trees,” 46 „ descent of the Indus by, 68 Nieremberg, on the “Vegetable Lamb,” 11 Odoricus of Friuli describes the “Vegetable Lamb,” 8 „ „ curious 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 „ „ founds the lighthouse, library and temple at Alexandria, 71 „ Philadelphus 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 „ „ „ see “Barometz.” Scythians, the, describe snow as “feathers,” 51 Scythia-Indo the same as Scinde and the Punjab, 57 „ in Asia identical with Tartary, 57 „ 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 „ „ „ identification of the above by, unsatisfactory, 28 „ „ „ 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 „ „ doubts the “animal” version of the story, 22 Suez Canal completed by De Lesseps, 94