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410 Besides the quantities given above, a small supply was received from Japan during 1862-'8, amounting in 1864 to 9,404,304 lbs., and in 1865 to 2,982,896 lbs. The following table,

compiled with great exactness by M. Ott-Trümpler, the eminent statistician of Zürich, shows the consumption of cotton in thousands of bales in Europe, and the sources of supply:

The receipts at the ports of Spain, Sweden, and Russia, and the consumption in Italy of native cotton, are not included in the above tables. “The consumption of Russia, Sweden, and Spain,” says M. Ott-Trümpler, “is estimated at 8,000 bales per week, or 416,000 bales for the year, and I find that these countries have received very nearly one half from England, and from ports on the continent, comprised in my table, and the remaining half direct from the places of production, this remainder not being included in my statement. To determine, therefore, the consumption of all Europe, there should be added to my estimate of consumption 208,000 bales.” According to the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Circular, the imports into Great Britain and consumption for the year ending Dec. 31, 1872, were as follows:

Of the total imports for 1872, 3,416,310 bales were received in Liverpool. (See .)  COTTON, Charles, an English poet, born at Beresford hall, Staffordshire, in 1630, died at Westminster in 1687. He was educated at Cambridge, travelled on the continent, and inherited in 1658 his father's estate near the river Dove, famous for its beauty and its trout, where he passed a studious and careless life, delighting his friends by his humor and accomplishments. He built a fishing house on the banks of the Dove, in which he entertained for years his friend Izaak Walton. He translated several works from the French and Italian, among which were Montaigne's “Essays” and

Corneille's tragedy of “Horace.” In 1664 and 1672 he published “Scarronides, or Virgile Travestie,” an indelicate burlesque of the first and fourth books of the Æneid. He also burlesqued several of the dialogues of Lucan in poetical translations, and wrote a serious poem entitled “The Wonders of the Peake” (1681), a humorous piece entitled “A Journey to Ireland,” and some occasional poems of great merit. He is now best known by the second part which he added to the fifth edition of Walton's “Complete Angler,” valuable for the technical information which it gives concerning fly fishing, and for its descriptions of the scenery of the Dove.  COTTON, John, one of the first ministers of Boston, Mass., born in Derby, Eng., Dec. 4, 1585, died in Boston, Dec. 23, 1652. In 1598 he entered Trinity college, Cambridge, and was afterward fellow of Emmanuel and employed as lecturer and tutor. About 1612 he became vicar of St. Botolph's church in Boston, Lincolnshire, where he remained 20 years, noted as a preacher and controversialist, and inclining in his doctrines and practices toward the Puritan worship. His influence with his people carried them mostly with him, but he was at length informed against for not kneeling at the sacrament, and cited to appear before Archbishop Laud in the high commission court. Upon this he sought safety in flight, and after sojourning for some time in London went to America, arriving in Boston Sept. 4, 1633. In October he was ordained on a day of fasting, by imposition of hands by the minister and two elders, teacher of the church in Boston and colleague with Mr. Wilson the pastor. In this connection he remained until his death, with such influence and standing that he has been called the patriarch of New England. His death was brought on by exposure in crossing the ferry to Cambridge, where he was going to preach. He was a critic in Greek, wrote Latin with elegance, and could discourse in Hebrew, and spent 12 hours a day in reading, his favorite author being Calvin. His pulpit eloquence was famous for its simplicity and