Ohfervations &c. ^247 



ken, the Avals are very induftrious to bury the Head, leait 

 the Brain, according to their Superftition, iliould be made ufe 

 of in Sorcery and Enchantment. After the Lyon and Pan- 

 ther, the Dtihhah is the fierceft of the wild Beafts oiBarhary\ 

 which, from having a Mane, moving It's Neck with Difficul- 

 ty, and difturbing the Graves of the Dead ', may lay in a greater 

 Claim to be reckoned xhtHyiena of the Antients,than thcCheiCat, 

 which is fpotted and no Native of this Country ; or the Badger, 

 which is a leiTer Animal, and not known, as far as 1 have 

 heard, in Barbary. 



The Veeh [o^<>^^] or Jachall [->^'=^ Chathai] is of a darker ^^^di^^j^P' 

 Colour than the Fox, and about the fame Bignefs. It yelps every 

 Night about the Gardens and Villages, feeding, as the Duhhah 

 doth, upon Roots, Fruit and Carrion. y^x.Ray ' fuppofeth it to be 

 the Lupus Aureus of the Antients : but what Oppian defcrib- 

 eth as fuch, is of a much fiercer Nature \ 



The Gat clKhallah, Slyah Ghufi, or Karrah Ku-lah, (i. e. The f^^f^^^^ 

 Black Cat , or Black-ear d Cat, as the Arab'ick, Terfian and 

 Turkifj Names fignify,) is of the Bignefs of a Cat of the largeft 

 Size. The Body is of a reddifli-brown, the Belly of a lighter 

 Colour and fometimes fpotted, the Mouth black, the Ears of 

 a deep grey, with the Tips of them diftinguiilied, byfmall 

 Tufts of black ftiff Hair, as in the Lynx. The Figure given us 

 of this Animal by Charleton\ is very different from the Bar- 

 bary S'lyah Ghup-), which hath a fuller Face and black Chops, 

 though in other Refpefts it is exadlly ihaped like a Cat. 



This Animal,no lefs than they^c^^//,hath been fuppofed to find '"'*, ψ ^J- 

 out Prey for the Lyon, and is therefore commonly called the '^^'■• 

 Lyon's Provider ; though it may be doubted, whether there 

 be any fuch friendly Intercourfe betwixt two fuch different Crea- 

 tures. In the Night time indeed, when, (agreeable to the Ob- 

 fervation of the H. Pfalmift ') all the Beafts of the Forreft do 

 move, Thefe, in like Manner with other Kinds, are prowling 



I Hj£iiam quoque mittit JfrUa, cui cum fpina rigct, collum continua unicate fleoli ne- 

 ' " . ^ -.. ^ „ - -^ 



cap. y. Vid. Bach. H\eroz. I.3 cap. xl. 2 Vid. Riti/ Synopf. Animal, p. 174. 

 J Ou hu/.Q', a>XdL ?M>s 'αζβρξ'ίςυ.ν>! , cuTrlj-mQi' S*p. Opp'iati. Cyneg. 1.3. 



'■''"' lie Heb. [2h.\] Zaal;, Gold. 4 



Q_q q X after 



3 yju ivjf.fjjr-, afj\a. f:jy.\s <αζβγψ.ςα.τηί, cUTTJ-m^ C^p. Uppian. Cyneg. 1.?. 



However Bochart dcducech the Name from the Heb. [3^i] Zaab, Gold. 4 Vid. Charl. 

 Exercit. p. 23. j Pf. lo^. 2q, it and 22. 



