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General Index 



Arsak, Chinese transcription of, 284. 



Arthacastra, 569. 



Asafoetida, 353-362. 



Asbestos, 498-501. 



Assyria, fig in, 411. 



Atharva Veda, 290, 455. 



Athenaeus, 223, 224. ' 



Attalic textures, 488. 



Aurousseau, L., 263, 330. 



Avesta, 185, 187, 277, 372, 488, 563, 572. 



Avicenna, 383, 587. 



al-Awwam, 395. 



Aymonier, E., 286, 473, 476, 486. 



Baber, 452. 



Babylonia, ebony of, 486; figs of, 412. 

 Babylonians, ebony used by, 486; se- 

 same oil used by, 290. 

 Backgammon, a Persian game (nard), 



known in China in the sixth century 



A.D.,335. 

 Bactria, bamboo of Se-6'wan traded to, 



535; pistachio of, 246; visited by 



Can K'ien, all. 

 BadaxSan, asbestos of, 499. 

 Bagdad, yue no of, 494. 

 Bailey, T. G., 260. 

 al-Baitar, Ibn, 298, 314, 316, 332, 351, 



360, 396, 422, 432, 443, 448, 483, 522, 



545. 546, 549. 550-553. 58i, 586. 

 Baku, saffron exported from, 320. 

 Balas ruby, 575. 

 Bali, camphor of, 479. 

 Balm of Gilead, 429-434. 

 Balsam-poplar, 339-342. 

 Baltistan, saffron of, 318. 

 Baluchistan, alfalfa in, 209, 216; Bal- 



samodendron of, 467; caraway of, 



383 note 11; date of, 390; fig of, 412; 



Lawsonia alba in, 337; olive of, 415; 



pistachio in, 246; pomegranate in, 



276; rhubarb of, 547. 

 Bamboo, the square, 535-537. 

 Bang, W., 496. 

 Barberry, 314. 

 Bartholomae, C, 461. 

 Basil, 193, 194, 586-590. 

 Batuia, Ibn, 282, 418, 442, 496, 546, 



593. 

 Bauer, M., 521. 

 Beal, S., 282, 304, 512. 

 Beccari, 527. 

 Becker, C. H., 489. 

 Beckmann, J., 321, 512, 514. 

 Bellew, H. W., 397, 444. 

 Belon du Mons, P., 346, 433. 

 Bentham, G., 589. 

 Beguinot, A., 218. 

 Berbera coast, myrrh from, 461. 

 Berezin, 502. 

 Bergaigne, A., 212. 

 Bernier, 547. 

 Berosus, 290. 



Betel, 582. 



Beveridge, A. S., 278, 452. 



Beveridge, H., 592-594. 



Bezoar, 525-528. To the bibliography 

 on p. 528 add the new edition of 

 Barbosa by M. L. Dames, Vol. I, 

 p. 235 (Hakluyt Society, 1918). 



Bhoja, see Fu-§i. 



Biddulph, D., 254. 



Billiard, R., 220. 



Biot, E., 322. 



Birch, 552-553- 



Birdwood, G., 451. 



Blagden, C. O., 474. 



Blanco, M., 482. 



Blasdale, W. C, 408, 418. 



Blochet, E., 564, 576, 594. 



Blochmann, H., 222, 282, 319, 502, 592. 



Blumner, H., 294, 367. 



Bod, Chinese transcription of, 198 note 6. 



Boehtlingk, O., 452, 527. 576, 577. 595- 



Boissier, E., 547, 549, 588. 



Bokhara, Bukhara, rugs from, 493; salt 

 of, 511; seedless grape of, 231. 



Bonavia, E., 390, 411. 



Bontius, J., 361. 



Borax, 503. 



Borneo, 469; bezoar of, 527; tabashir of, 

 352. 



Borooah, A., 397, 425. 



Borszczow, E., 353, 354, 362, 364-366. 



Bostock, 586. 



Bouchal, L., 527. 



Bouvet, J., S. J., 238. 



Bower Manuscript, 248, 254, 283, 314, 

 404, 482. 



Brandstetter, R., 443. 



Brass, 511-515. 



Brassica, 380-382. 



Bretschneider, E., 190, 191, 195, 201, 

 204, 206, 207, 213, 214, 216, 226, 230, 

 236, 238, 252, 254, 257-260, 263-265, 

 2^8, 278-280, 284-286, 288, 289, 293, 

 295. 297. 300, 302, 305-308, 311, 313- 

 315, 324-326, 329, 330, 332, 335, 341, 

 346, 348, 351, 355, 358, 371, 385, 387- 

 389. 392, 395. 400, 401. 403. 406-408, 

 413, 421, 436, 437, 439. 440, 442, 446, 

 458, 459, 465, 466, 473, 494. 496, 497. 

 508, 515, 520, 525, 543, 554, 557. 56o. 



Bretzl, H., 355. 



Briancon, manna of, 346. 



Brocades, Chinese, in Persia, 537; Per- 

 sian, 488-492. 



Brown, E., 211. 



Browne, E. G., 194. 



Budge, E. A. W., 566, 570. 



Buhler, G., 558. 



Bundahisn, disquisition on plants, con- 

 tained in the, 192-194. 



Burma, Alpinia galganga in, 546; lac 

 employed in, 478; mentioned in the 

 Man lu, 468, 494; mentioned in the 



