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from Xicatanco unto Nacoand Nito, and even as far as Nicaragua, with 
their Mountains, Hills, Fields, Meadows, Vallies, Rivers, Cities and 
Towns, and ten principal Men for Guides, q wnt?’ 
Pyrard, p. 3. p.16. and cap. 24. p. 236. fays that Cotton is at Benvall in 
vaft Quantities tranfported manufactured and not manufactur’d;: cap. 26. 
p. 264. that’tis in Malabar. and cap. 27. p. 286. at Calecut. p.2. p. 77. in 
Balagafe. p.158. and that "tis. us’d for Cloathing from Head'to- Foot in 
all the Countries between the Cape of Good Hope and China. p. 3. 0. 16. that 
tis leafed like the Maple, that they make Cloth and Match of this, 
and not of Lint, or Hemp. ib. p. 28» Duval tound it (Nott. Pyrara. p. 103.) 
in Madaga/ftar. : ! 
_ Pyrard. cap, 1. p. 11. fays that Cotton is found at Aznabow in Quan- 
tity. | 
Hera. Colon. Vita. Chrift. p. 51. found Cotton fpun in Clews in Gua 
wahant, which was brought them in truck, twenty five Pounds 
were ina Clew, it was well fpun, bought for nothing almoft; and 
Cloth was made of it-for covering’of Beds, f..55. Thefe Trees grow wild 
there, 7b. f. 59, and are about Samava: f.74. and in Gaadalupe, where were 
Bed Nets and Hamacks of it. f. 4. 
Will. Finch. apud Purchas. lib. 4, cap. 4. §.1- p- 444. fays that at Séerra 
Leona, tis made into Cloth, and p.41g5-that tis call’d Innumma; ib p: 449. 
that "tis at Socotora. It is ‘cultivated’ by the Slaves’ of the Portuguefe on 
Loronha Davifs. ap. Parchas. lib. 4. cap. 6. 1, ps4 § 5s.) * 
It lofes its Whitenefs by wafhing«Fowf: en OND 
Its Flowers bak’d under the Afhes, wrapt in! its Leaves, gives a 
redifh vifcous Oyl, curing old Ulcers. The Seeds intoxicate Parrots. 
Du Tertres' | 
The Seeds are compos’d of two long and thin Leaves, admirably rowl’d 
up into an oval Figure. Grew. | | 
The Indians cut it down every five or fix Years. Abb. 
It was us’dto make Cloaths of in the Parts about Mew Spain. Fern. 
Col. f. 200. 
i was us’d in Mexico, and Mantles were made of it in the hot Country, 
with which they paid their Tribute, Mexic. Chron. - 
Cotton grows in great Plenty near Swrate Salbank ap: Purchas, lib. 3, cap. 
g. §.:4. 236. where Pintades, Gc. are made of it. | ~ Bf yal 
Dounton ap. Purchas lib; 3. cap. 12. §, 5. p. 306. tells us that’’tis aden 
from Calicut for the Red-Sea. Saris, tib. 4. cap. 2. p. 390. that "tis a Com- 
modity from Bantam in fave and at Baly, ib. 392, and likewife a Mer- 
chandife from Fapan, ib. p. 395. . | 
Whithrington. ib. cap, 8. §. 3. p. 483. found it in the Mogal’s Country. 
Dounton, ib. lib. 4, cap, 11+ §. 1, 504. at Saratt. Elkinton, ib. cap. 12. §. 1.7. 
514. at Madagafear. Payton, ib. lib. 4, cap. 15. §. 1. p. 530. faw at Suratt 
Cloth made.of Cotton-Wool, as Callicoes both white and colour’d. 
It was feen at Baly the firft tt 3g by the Dutch to the Indies. p. 708: 
lib. 5. cap. 15. 1b. p, 71a» tobe brought from China, and by Swan, 167. 
ib. lib. 5. cap. 726 trom Swratt. ; 
By the before mention’d Paffages it feems plain that Cotton is now 
found cultivated in the ‘hotter Parts of Afia, Africa, and America, where 
there is no. Plenty of Flax, Hemp, or Sheep, but fuch as afford a longer 
Sort of courfe Wool. Itappears alfo that it was found manufactured for 
Cloathing by the Indians, when Columbus firft difcover’d the West 
Indies 
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