Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, And Historical, Forming a Complete General Gazetteer of the World, By Alex. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., Second Edition, thoroughly revised and corrected (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London {1855} MDCCLV)
Page 250 (Under word ‘Cashmere’): ‘The natives are of a tall robust frame of body, with manly features — the women full-formed and handsome, with aquiline nose and features, resembling the Jewish.’