24-4 Phyfical and Mifcellaneons 



Thfe Species The Bekker el WaJJj and the GazellY^m^'=>, are both of them 

 gregarious, ^^^^^^itxowi ^ haviiig the like Habit, in runnmg, flopping on a 

 fudden, 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. Gaze II [JV] is improperly inter- 

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

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

 of that Animal, which we call t\\Q^ntilope. 



ne-Lyon and Among thc Quadrupeds of a lefs tameable Nature, we may 

 Famher. ^.^^ ^-^^ ^^^^ pj^^^ ^^ ^^^ j^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Pauthcr ; the Tyger 



not being a Native, of thefe Parts at leaft, of Barbarj. 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 arefo inconfiderable at prefent. But whe- 

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

 of the y4rahs, or perhaps, fmce 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 LyoK not I havc rcad in fome Defcriptions of this Country, that the 

 men. *' Womcn can bc familiar with thc Lyou ; 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 Capreae hinnulus J\)-c Gazal ArMce dicitur (vulgo Gazella) ut Hebraice /TIV in 

 Pomar'to & Cbaldaice ^♦mS inferto R, ut paffim, & prima gutturali Jjin in Aleph mutato. 

 £och. Hieroz.. ibid. cap. i8. 'Notxien Gafel, five Cerv« (equo impofitum.) K«h/»/'. Amxnit, 

 Exot. Fafc. 2. 2 Lconum fimul plurium pugnam, Rom£ Princeps dedit ^^ScAVola P. filius 

 in curuli ^dilitate. Centum autem jubatorum primus omnium L. Scjlla, qui poftea Dila- 

 tor fuit, in Prsetura. Poft eum Pompeius Magnus in Circo DC. in ijs jubatorum cccxv. 

 C&far Diftator cccc. Capere eos, ardui erat quondam operis, foveifque (ut & nunc efi) 

 maxime. Pl'in. 1. 8. cap.itf. Scaurus /Edilitatc fua Varias (i.e. Pantheras) centum quin- 

 quaginta univerfas (in Komani) mifit : dein Pompeius Magnus quadringentas decern : Divus 

 ///(f a/?«j quadringentas viginti. Id. ibid. cap. l7- 



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