The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary; a Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant. to Which is Added a Sketch of the History of Cotton And the Cotton Trade
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He writes (lib. iv.
cap. 2) : — "The part beyond the north, the Scythians say, can neither be seen nor passed through, by reason of the feathers shed there ; for the earth and air are full of feathers, and it is these which interrupt the view." Further on (lib. iv. cap. 31) he also observes : — " With respect to the feathers with which the Scythians say the air is filled, and on account of which it is not possible either to see further upon the continent, or to pass through it, I entertain the ...following opinion. In the upper parts of this country it continually snows — less in summer than in winter, as is reasonable. Now, whoever has seen snow falling thick near him will know what I mean ; for snow is like feathers, and on account of the winter being so severe the northern parts of this country are uninhabited.
I think, then, that the Scythians and their neighbours call the snow feathers, comparing them together." Herodotus was, of course, right in this interpretation.
Who can doubt that the people who would thus realisti- cally describe snow as feathers would probably describe E 2 Digitized by Microsoft® 52 THE VEGETABLE LAMB OF TARTARY.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He writes (lib. iv.
cap. 2) : — "The part beyond the north, the Scythians say, can neither be seen nor passed through, by reason of the feathers shed there ; for the earth and air are full of feathers, and it is these which interrupt the view." Further on (lib. iv. cap. 31) he also observes : — " With respect to the feathers with which the Scythians say the air is filled, and on account of which it is not possible either to see further upon the continent, or to pass through it, I entertain the ...following opinion. In the upper parts of this country it continually snows — less in summer than in winter, as is reasonable. Now, whoever has seen snow falling thick near him will know what I mean ; for snow is like feathers, and on account of the winter being so severe the northern parts of this country are uninhabited.
I think, then, that the Scythians and their neighbours call the snow feathers, comparing them together." Herodotus was, of course, right in this interpretation.
Who can doubt that the people who would thus realisti- cally describe snow as feathers would probably describe E 2 Digitized by Microsoft® 52 THE VEGETABLE LAMB OF TARTARY.
What to read after The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary; a Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant. to Which is Added a Sketch of the History of Cotton And the Cotton Trade?
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