Ca'tle, the 

 chief Riches 

 of this Coun- 

 try. 



2^8 Phyfical and Mifcellaneous 



Secret. The Matter was accordingly agreed upon, and JMaho- 

 met was reftored ; who to fulfill His Covenant with the Dey of 

 Algiers, forthwith fent Him, with great Pomp and Ceremo- 

 ny, a Number of Mattocks and Plowihares ; thereby embie- 

 ma'tically initruding the u4lgenne, that the Wealth of His 

 Kingdom was to arife from a diligent Attendance upon Agri- 

 culture and Husbandry ; and that the only Philofophers Stone 

 He could acquaint Him with, was the Art of converting a good 

 Crop into Gold. 



CHAR II. 



0/ the Quadrupeds, Birds, Infers, Fiflies 8rV. 



AS the principal Riches of the Bedoween ^rahs, no lefs 

 than of the Patriarchs and Princes of old, continue to 

 be cftimated from the Number ' and Quality of their Cattle, I 

 ihall begin the Hiftory of the Animals of this Country, with 

 the Defcriptions of fuch of them, as are domefticated, and there- 

 fore of more general Ufe to Mankind. 

 The Horfe. The Horfc formerly the Glory and diftinguiihing Badge of 

 Kumidiay hath of late Years very much degenerated in thefe 

 Kingdoms ; or rather the y4rabs have been difcouraged from 

 keeping up a fine Race, which the ΤηνΜβο Officers were fure 

 at one Time or other to be the Mailers of At prefent there- 

 fore the Tingitanians and Egyptians have juftly the Reputation 

 of preferving the beft Breed, which no longer than a Century 

 ago, they had only in common with their Neighbours. A va- 

 luable and well taught Barhary Horfe (befides the fuppofed 

 Quality of never lying down, and of Handing quiet, when the 

 Rider quits him, by dropping the Bridle,) is to have a long 

 Pace , and to ftop Ihort , if required, in a full Carreer : the 

 firft Quality ihewing the Goodnefs and Perfedtion of the Horfe, 

 and a proper Management of the latter, the whole Dexterity 

 and Addrefs of the Rider. No other Motions are either 



I Ana, Abraham was very rich in Cattle. Gen. 13. 2. and j. Aid Lot λΙ[ο which went with 

 Abraham, had Flocks and Herds. ]oh's Subfiance was [even thoiifand Sheep, and three thoufand 

 Camels, and five hundred yoke of Oxen, and five hundred fie Ajfics Sec. Jobi. 3. and 42. 12. 

 Familise aliquot cum mapalibus pecoribufque fuis (ca pecunia illis eft) perfecuti funt Regcm 

 (Mafaniilam) ccetcra Mairyliorum multirudo in ditioncra Svphacis concciBr. Liv. 1. 29. 



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