Ohfervations &c. ο,βι 



vided the Solttanna, which J^arro ' tells us contained five Gal- 

 lons, ftill continued to be a Native of thefe Seas, It would 

 inake confiderable Amends, as well for the Want of fome, as 

 for the Scarcity there is in feveral other Species of the teftaceous 

 ClafsofFiihes. 



Thefe are the Ohfervations, I have to offer, in Relation tokinaprodu^ 

 the Animals of thefe Kingdoms : in theCourfe of which, fomey/i/'"'^''*" 

 Perfons perhaps may be furprized, that they have been fo very 

 little , if at all entertained with an Account of fuch Arrange 

 and wonderful Objedls, as might be expe6led from This Coun- 

 try. Now , in Anfwer to this , it may be obferved , that 

 the natural, and ordinary Courfe of Things is much the 

 fame in Barhary as in other Places ; each Species, as far as 

 ever I could be informed, keeping inviolably to Itfelf. For, 

 if we except the Mule and U\q Kumrahj (which are procreated 

 from Animals under the Direction of Mankind, and therefore 

 not fo properly left to themfelves) few, I prefume, if any o- 

 ther Inftances can be fairly urged in Favour of the old Obfer- 

 vation. That Africa ' is always producing jome new Monfler. 



CHAP. III. 



Of the Learning 5 Arts, Manufad:ures , Habits, 

 Cuftoms ζ^\. of the Inhahit ants of thefe Kingdoms. 



THE liberal Arts and Sciences continue to be, as th.Qy Arts and scu 

 have been for many Ages, in a low State and Condition w« Or f». 

 among the Mahometans. Philofophy, Phyfick, and Mathe-""'^'^^ ' 

 maticks, which a few Centuries ago, they had almoft entire- 

 ly to themfelves, are at prefent very little known among them. 

 The roving and unfettled Life of the Arahs, and the perpe- 

 tual Grievances the Moors meet with from the Turks ^ will 

 not permit either of Them to enjoy that Liberty, Quiet, and 

 Security, which have at all Times given Birth and Encourage- 



I Ex /ifr'ica qux vocantur5o/ir<in«ie (Cochleae) ita magnjs funt, ut in eas 8q quadrantes 

 conjici polTunt. Var. de Re rullica. 1. 13. cap. 14. 2 iuyijcu Sivt -τΛξ^ιμίΛ αν <*« φ^α τ Λί- 

 CJm yjjiv'av. Ar'ifl. Hiil. Anim. 1. 8. cap. 2.8. Idco {ic. propter inopiam aquarum ad paucos 

 amnes congregancibus le fcris) multiformcs ibi animalium partus: varie faeminis cujufque 

 generis mares, aut vi aut voluptate mifcente. Unde etiam vulgare Grmau diitum, semper 



/.LIQUID NOM AFRICA.M AFFERRE. Flttl. 1.8. Cap. 1(5. 



υ u u ment 



