24-4 Phyfical and Mifcellaneous 



ηφ Species The Bekker el Pf^afj and the GazellYSmas^ are both of them 

 gregar.ous. g^.^g^^. j^^g ^ haviiig the like Habit, in running, ftopping on a 

 • Hidden, and facing the Purfuers. The Haunts alfo of them 

 both are the fame, being for the moft Part upon the Confines 

 of the Tell and Sahara. Gazell [ji>c] is improperly inter- 

 preted by Bochart and others ', either the Hart, or the Fawn, It 

 being always underftood, both in the Levant and in Barbarj, 

 ofthat Animal, which we call the ^;^/i/(9/?e'. 

 τheL•yona,ιd Among the Quadrupeds of a lefs tameable Nature, we may 

 Fanthcr. ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^ pj^^^ ^^ ^^^ l^yoYi and thc Panther; the Tyger 



not being a Native, of thefe Parts at leaft, of Barhary. The 

 Females of both Species have two Rows of Nipples like a 

 Bitch, giving Suck to three, fometimes to four or five Whelps 

 at a Time. The Arahs affirm, that when the little ones 

 breed their Teeth, they are feized with a Fever, which ge- 

 nerally carries off three in four: and that This is the Reafon, 

 why their Numbers are fo inconfiderable at prefent. But whe. 

 ther This is owing to fuch Difeafes, or to a greater Difperfion 

 of the ArahSy or perhaps, fince the Invention of Fire Arms, 

 to the much eafier Way of killing them ; whatever I fay may 

 be the Caufe, it is certain, there would be great Difficulty at 

 prefent, to procure a fiftieth Part of the Number of wild Beafts, 

 that Africa may be fuppofed to have formerly contributed to 

 the Diverfions of Rome \ 

 the Lyon not \ have rcad in fome Defcriptions of this Country, that the 

 in. ''^^'" Women can be familiar with the Lyon; and that, upon taking 

 up a Stick and calling Him ( Ta-hanne ) Cuckold and fuch 

 like Names, He will immediately lofe his Fiercenefs and fly 

 from the Flocks they are attending. Something perhaps of 

 this Kind may happen when they have been well fatiated with 

 Food : at which Time, the Arabs tell us, the Lyons lofe their 

 Courage, and that they can feize upon their Prey, and refcue 

 It out of their Jaws. But thefe Inftances are very rare ; it 



I Capreas hinnulus Jl^ Gaz.al ^rAbice dicitur (vulgo Gazella) ut Hebrake ?T1V in 

 Pomario & Clialdaice H>?"11i< inferto R, ut paffim, & prima gutturali Aj'in in Alepb mutato. 

 Bocb. H'leroz.. ibid. cap. i8. Nomcn Gafel, five CERViE (equo impofitum.) Kew;>/. Ama?nic. 

 Exot. Fafc. 2. 2 Lconum fimul plurium pugnam, Roma Princeps dcdit ^^Scxvola P. filius 

 in curuli jEdilitate. Centum autem jubatorum primus omnium L. Scylla, qui poftea Dida- 

 tor fuit, in Prxtura. Poft eum Potnpeius Magnus in Circo DC. in ijs jubatorum cccxv. 

 Cifar Diftator cccc. Capere eos, ardui erat quondam operis, foveifque («f & nunc eft) 

 maxime. P/i». 1. 8. cap.iiS. Scaurus iEdilitate fua Varias (i.e. Pantheras) centum quin- 

 quaginta univerfas (in Romam) mifit : dein Potnpeius Magnus quadringentas decern : Divus 

 ./i'/f /</?tti quadringentas viginti. Id. ibid. cap. 17, 



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