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324 THE COTTOX MANUFACTURE.
been already quoted (See Part I. chapter II. p. 24.). By the
-Ethiopians, whose groves were " white with soft wool," he
probably intended those of Arabia ; and we may suppose him to
have referred to accounts, not so much of the Gossypium Her-
baceum, to which the word '•'
groves"' {iiemora) would not apply,
as to groves of Gossypium ^Vrboreum and Bombyx Ceiba. In
the following passages of ^neid he mentions cotton under its
proper name, though probably not intending to distinguish ac-
curately between cotton and linen, and only using the term for
the sake of ornament :
—
Jamque dies, alterque dies processit, et anras
Vela vocunt, tumidoque inflatur ceirbasns austro. iiL 356.
Two days were past, and now the southern gales
Call US aboard, and stretch the swelling sails.
Vocat jam carbasus auras
;
Pitt's Translation.
Puppibus et laBti nautae imposuere coronas, iv. 417.
The flapping sail invites the gales ;
the poops
By the glad seamen are already crown'd.
Eum (Jluvium Tiherim) tenuis glauco velabat amictu
CarbEisus, et crines umbrosa tegebat arundo. viii. 33.
Thin muslin veils him with its sea-green folds
His head a copious shade of reeds sustains.
Turn croceam chlamydem, sinusque crepantes
Carbaseos fulvo in nodum collegerat auro. xi. 775.
His saffron chlamys, and each rustling fold
Of muslin was confined with glittering gold.
This last passage is part of the description of the attire of
Cliloreus, the Phrygian, whose muslin chlamys may have rus-
tled in consequence of being interwoven with gold.
OVID.
Totaque raalo
Carbasa deducit, venientesque excipit auras.
— ; —
The active seamen now unfurl the sails,
And spread them wide to catch the coming gales.
Met. xi. 477.
Carbasa mota sonant, jubet uti navita ventis. xiii. 420.
The flapping sails resound ; the captain bids advance.
Cum dabit aura viam, prsebebis carbasa ventis. Epist. vii. 171.
When the gale favors, give the wind your sails.