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gulls. The Jnuus ecaudatus, and a sort of fox, occupy the clefts among 
the rocks, where numerous turtles, owls, and hawks, likewise make 
their nests. Gazelles, hares, jerboas (**Springmüuse ") mungozes, 
jackalls, and hyeenas, are not uncommon on the adjacent continent. 
The Somaulis carry to the market, as butcher’s meat, large flocks of 
the so-called Hedschas sheep, which is, however, peculiarly African ; 
also some snub-nosed goats and Zebu-oxen. The supply of fish, as 
might be expected, is ample ; besides the variegated sorts of the Indian 
sea abounds in all sorts of Moliusce, while corals are never seen, 
on account of the strong surf. 
Strangers find the climate very variable. The garrison, which is fur- 
nished from the Madras presidency, suffers less from sickness than at 
the Indian stations ; and it is only the many privations Europeans must 
submit to on this sultry, unshaded rock, which urges them to curtail 
their residence there as much as possible. But probably at no great 
distance of time, they will establish villas and gardens on the continent, 
and render the hot town habitable, like those in Hindostan. 
The death Pierre LEOPOLD TRATTINICK. 
ol. Zeit., May 4th, 1849.) 
‘The Nestor of one Professor Trattinick, Custos of the Imperial 
Cabinet of Natural History, died at Vienna on the 14th January last, 
at the advanced age of eighty-five years. 
M. Moritz WirnLkoww's Professional Tour. 
(Supplement to Bot. Zeit. for May 25th, 1849.) 
Mr. Moritz Willkomm announces (under date, Leipzig, the 23rd of 
April) his intention of undertaking an extensive natural history tour 
through Spain, Portugal, and the Balearic islands, to occupy six-and- 
twenty months. The object of this protracted journey is to make geog- 
nostic, mineralogical and botanical researches in the least known parts 
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