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The Travels of Marco Polo

One of Royle’s authorities (Mr. Vaupell) mentions that it was grown near large towns of Eastern Guzerat, and its wool regarded as the finest of any, and only used in delicate muslins. (Royle, Cult. of Cotton, 144, 145, 152; Eng. Cycl. art. Gossypium.)