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[Illustration: Planta Tartarica Boromez.
THE “BAROMETZ,” OR “TARTARIAN LAMB.”
_After Joannes Zahn._]
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.
BY
HENRY LEE, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S.,
SOMETIME NATURALIST OF THE BRIGHTON AQUARIUM,
AND
AUTHOR OF ‘THE OCTOPUS, OR THE DEVIL-FISH OF FICTION AND OF FACT,’
‘SEA MONSTERS UNMASKED,’ ‘SEA FABLES EXPLAINED,’ ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1887.
_All Rights reserved._
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
THE FABLE AND ITS INTERPRETATION 1