2±S Ph)<fical and Mijcellmeous 



^fter Suftenance ; ^nd. when the Sun arijeth, z.^dithe'Lyonget' 

 teth him fe If away to his Den, both the Siyah Ghufj and the 

 Jachall have been often feen gnawing fuch Carcaifes, as 

 the Lyon is fuppofed to have fed upon the Night before. This 

 and the promifcuous Noife, which I have frequently heard 

 th.Q Jackall (at leaft) to make with the Lyon, are the only 

 Circumftances I am acquainted with in Favour of this Opinion. 

 Ίl•e]uάand Thc J'tT d [>j==r'] ' and tht Jerboa or Terh'oa [a'^''\ are two lit- 

 jcrboa. ^|g harmlefs Animals, which burrow in the Ground. They 

 chiefly frequent the Sahara^ though I have often feen the lat- 

 ter in the Neighbourhood of Warran. Each of them is of 

 the Bignefs of a Rat, having their Bellies white, but their Bo- 

 dies of a Sorrel Colour. The Ears likewife of them both, 

 are round and hollow •, agreeing with the Rabbit, in the Or- 

 der of their Fore-teeth, and in the Briftles of their Chops. But 

 they differ in other Refpefts; for the Head of the Jird is 

 fomewhat pointed, and covered all over with Fur ; whereas 

 the Noftrils of the Jerhoa are flat and naked, lying nearly in 

 the fame Plain with the Mouth ; wherein it diifereth from Thofe 

 which have been brought from^leppo, and are defcribed by Mr. 

 Haym\ All the Legs of the Jird are nearly of the fame 

 Length, with each of them five Toes ; whereas the Fore-feet 

 of the Barhary Jerboa are very fhort and armed only with 

 three. The Hinder-feet are of the fame Length nearly 

 with the Body, with each of them four, befides two Spurs, as 

 we may call the little Toes that are placed at more than the 

 Diftance of an Inch above them. The Tail of the Jird, though 

 a little ihorter than in the common Rat, yet is better cloath- 

 ed : whilft that of the Jerboa is as long as It's Body, of a 

 yellowiih Colour, with a black annular Tuft near the Extre- 

 mity. They are both good to eat : and the latter, notwith- 

 ftanding the great Difproportion betwixt the fore and hinder 

 Feet, runs or rather jumps along with an extraordinary Swift- 

 nefs ; the Tail, which It carrieth for the moil part ereft or 

 occafionally reclined, contributing all the while to the Regu- 

 larity of the Motion. 



I Bochart ( Hleroz.. 1. 2. p. 249. ) renders it the Great Μοφ. 2 Vid. Nic Haynt. 

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