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 „ „ „ see “Barometz.” Theophrastus writes of the cultivation of the “wool-bearing tree,” 47 „ exactly describes the cotton-plant, 48 Trees, wool-bearing, described by Herodotus, 46 „ „ „ Ctesias, 46 „ „ „ Nearchus, 46 „ „ „ Aristobulus, 47 „ „ „ Strabo, 47 „ „ „ Theophrastus, 47 „ „ „ Pomponius Mela, 48 „ „ „ Pliny, 48 „ „ „ Julius Pollux, 49 Vasco da Gama opens the Cape route to India, 83, 88 Vegetable Lamb, the, its fleece cotton wool, 60 „ „ „ 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 LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. Transcriber’s Notes: Page 24, footnote [14]: The footnote anchor was missing in the source document, anchor [14] has been inserted where it seems to fit best. The original language has been retained, including inconsistencies in spelling, except as mentioned below. Inconsistent lay-out has not been changed either. Page 102, ... he returned to Holland in 1681: this seems unlikley in the context, possibly the year should be 1651. Changes made to the original text: Footnotes and illustrations have been moved. Some wrong or missing punctuation has been corrected or added, some minor typographical errors have been corrected silently. Several index entries have been changed to make their spelling conform to that used in the text. End of Project Gutenberg's The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, by Henry Lee