Note 1940 — Chapter XI · EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
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Theoph. Hist. Plant. vi. 6. 4. The Greek fable on the birth of the rose is familiar to every reader, but it may not, perhaps, be so well known, that the Mahommedans believe it to have sprung from the sweat of their prophet: “Ut veteres rosam ex sanguine Veneris, sic isti (Turcæ) ex sudore Mahumetis natam sibi persuaserint.” Busbeq. Epist. i. p. 51.