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chlamys made of the fibres of the Pinna, and a silken tunic adorned with sprigs
or featliers of gold—Boots of red leather worn only by Emperors—Golden fleece
of the Pinna—St. Basil's account— Fibres of the Pinna not manufactured into
cloth at Tarentum in ancient times, but m India—Diving for the Pinna at Col-
chi—Arrian's account 174
CHAPTER XI.
FIBRES, OR SILKEN MATERIAL OF THE PINE-APPLE.
Fibres of the Pine Apple—Facility of dyeing—Manner of preparing the fibres for
weaving—Easy cultivation of the plant—Thrives where no other plant will
live—Mr. Frederick Burt Zincke's patent process of manufacturing cloth from
the fibres of this plant—Its comparative want of strength—Silken material pro-
cured from the Papyfera—Spun and woven into cloth—Cloth of this description
manufactured generally by the Otaheiteans, and other inhabitants of the South
Sea Islands—Great strength (supposed) of ropes made from the fibres of the
aloe—Exaggerated statements 185
CHAPTER Xn.
MALLOWS.
CULTIVATION AND USE OF THE MALLOW AMONG THE ANCIENTS. TESTIMONY
OF LATIN, GREEK, AND ATTIC WRITERS.
The earliest mention of Mallows is to be found in Job xxx. 4.—Varieties of the
Mallow—Cultivation and use of the Mallow—Testimony of ancient authors
Papias and Isidore's mention of Mallow cloth—Mallow cloth common in the
days of Charlemagne—Mallow shawls—Mallow cloths mentioned in the Peri-
plus as exported from India to Barygaza (Baroch)—Calidasa the Indian dram-
atist, who lived in the first century B. C.—His testimony—Wallich's (the In-
—
dian botanist) account—Mantles of woven bark, mentioned in the Sacontala
of Calidasa—Valcalas, or Mantles of woven bark, mentioned in the Ramayana,
a noted poem of ancient India—Sheets made from trees—Ctesia's testimony
—Strabo's account—Testimony of Statius Ccecilius and Plautus, who lived 169
B. C. and 184 B. C.—Plautus's laughable enumeration of the analogy of ti'ades
—Boauty of garments of Amorgos mentioned by Eupolis—Clearchus's testi-
mony—Plato mentions linen shifts—Amorgine garments first manufactured at
Athens in the time of Aristophanes .191
CHAPTER Xm.
SPARTUM OR SPANISH BROOM.
CLOTH MANUFACTURED FROM BROOM BARK, NETTLE, AND BULBOUS PLANT.
TESTIMONY OF GREEK AND LATIN AUTHORS.
Authority for Spanish Broom—Stipa Tenacissima—Cloth made from Broombark—Albania—Italy—France—Mode
of preparing tlie fibre for weaving