Ohfervat'ions &c. 249 



The yerhoa hath been taken by fome Authors ' for the RsTi;] ue jerboa 



1 1 1 -Til 1 τ 1 ί '*•Γ?' for the 



Saphan\ of the Scriptures, though the Places, where I have saphan; 

 feen their Burrows, have never been among the Rocks ; but ei- 

 ther in a ftiff or loamy Earth, or elfe (where their Haunts 

 ufually are) in the loofe Sand of the Sahara. Where there is 

 any Tuft of reedy Grafs, Spurge, Lawrel, or other Plants pe- 

 culiar to the Sahara, there efpecially we are fure to find the 

 Jerboa. That very remarkable Difproportion betwixt the 

 fore and hinder Legs of this Animal , (though 1 have never 

 obferved It to run, only frequently to ftand upon the latter) ^^r^p^/^ tin 

 may induce us to take it for one of the δ/ττο/μ ^ or two footed SlrlLi/^'^ 

 Rats of Herodotus, and other Authors. 



Befides the Creatures above mentioned, Barbary alfo pro-•^'""^ "^^^'^ 



ι•ι•ιι • -1 An:mals of 



duceth others which it hath more in common with other Places. ^^''■' Country. 

 Such is the Bear, \ox'Dubh\'] the Ape, [or 5/^^^^^,] the Ich- 

 neumon, [οϊ Tezer-dea,'] the Porcupine, [oxTzur-ban\']t,hQ 

 Hedge-Hog, [or Kun-foode ^*"»] the Fox, [or Thaleb c-^i*n 

 the Ferret, [or Ntmfe,'] the Weefel, [or Fert el Heile,'] be- 

 fides the Mole, the Rabbit, the Hare and the wild Boar, which 

 are every where in great Numbers. The Lyon is fuppofed to 

 prey chiefly upon the latter^ which notwithftanding hath fome- 

 times been known to defend Itfelf with fo much Bravery, that 

 the Viftory hath inclined to neither Side, theCarcafles of them 

 both having been found lying dead together, all in Gore and 

 mangled to Pieces. 



Among the oviparous Quadrupeds of this Country, we^-^^Tortoii-. 

 are to reckon the Land and Water Tortoife ; the latter of 

 which hath a flatter Body, and is unwholefome to eat. The 

 TattaV, Bou'iah or Chamieleon, may be difcovered by a goodkon!" 

 Eye , upon every Hedge. The Tongue is four Inches long, 



1 Vid. £»<:/;. Hieroz. 1,3. cap.33. 2 The H'l^b Hills are a Refuge for the iuild Goats, and 

 fo are the Stony Rockj for the [Sa|)liannim CD'JDty] Conies. Pf. 104. 18. 77;i Conies [Cd''J£)IJ; 



e ChamiE- 



^- **^βαί•ιζιΐ7ΐ Λ of.^B/ ί^ -nh mihh. Theoph. apud iEIian. Hift. 1. ly. cap. 2.6. ίν Αΐ}ύ•?τίω ί^Ί-πο^αα 

 φα7ΐ μχοί ;(v £κ,, ι^^ (xiyahti . \'^τι j «τΐί ;y w lu.'nejShvi mJkf, ct^λ' i βχ^Ίζχτιν W aunh. y.^mtat 3 λμ- 

 7t/f, oici ;Hfeii'. P/;ofi/ii ibid. Εΐίπ j i(5" «τϊ^;/, o< ίΛ,Γ/ζϋί-ί»' irri τϊΓί Λίπ τοοί. Ατ'φ. de Mur. iEgvpc. 

 4 2*1 Dab. Urfus. c^jo Dal/il/a enim Arab'ice ell pilofam habese faciem, undc (_jo Dab 

 faciei pili & villi &c! Boch. Hieroz. I.3. cap. 9. j uW->^> (^ ο>•ί/->^) a fpiculorum. fc. 

 concuilu jadluve. |s^ Of the many Porcupines I have feen In Africa, J never knew any one, 

 though very much provoked, that would dart it'sfhulls ; their ufual method of defence being to incline 

 tbemfclvcs on one Side, and, upon the Enemy's near Approach, to rife up quickly and gore him with 

 the other. 6 Vid. Boch. Hieroz. I. 4. cap, 4. 



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