2^6 Phvfical and Mifcellaneous 



r^.shibear- Thc othcr hath a fmall pointed Head ^ with the Teeth, 

 mfliGineS'.Feet, aiid other Charaderifticks of the Weefel-Kind. The 

 Body is about a Foot long, round and (lender, with a regular 

 SuccelTion of black and white Ringlets upon the Tail. This, 

 as well as the Ichneumon, fearcheth after Poultry, and, pro- 

 vided It were tamer (as It is fometimes well fcented) we might 

 take It for the Ginetta ; though the Creature, I am defcribing, 

 is fmaller, having alfo a finer Shape and Iharper Nofe, than That 

 which hath been defcribed by feveral Authors '. Ge/ner"{np- 

 pofeth the Ginetta to be a Species of the Thos oi' Leffer Tanther 

 of Of pan ; whereas the Marks left us by the Antients of the 

 Former , are fo various and undetermined, that it will be 

 difficult to reconcile them to any certain Family: whilft 

 the Lejfer Ta?tther, befides being (as it may be prefumed) of 

 the Cat-Kind, muft ftill be thought a more formidable Crea- 

 ture than This, which is lefs than aFoxe's Cub, according to 

 His own Defcription '. Some of the Moors call the Animal I 

 am fpeaking of [Gat el Ber-rany^ the ftrange or foreign Cat ; 

 and others Shib-heardou. 

 The Dubbah, Thc Diibhah is about the Bignefs of a Wolf, but of a flatter 

 or Hyicna. g^^j^^ ^^^ naturally limpeth upon his hinder right Leg. Yet 

 not withftanding this Imperfection, it is tolerably fwift, and 

 cannot be fo eafily run dow^n as the wild Boar. The Neck of It 

 is fo remarkably ftiff, that in looking behind or fnatching ob- 

 liquely at any Objed, it is obliged to move the whole Body, 

 in the fame Manner with the Hog, the Badger, or Crocodile. 

 It is of a buff or dun Colour , inclining to be reddifli, with 

 fome tranfverfe Streaks of a dark brown ; whilft the Hair upon 

 the Neck is near a fpan long , though much fofter than the 

 Briftles of the .Hog. The Feet are large and well armed , 

 ferving to lay open (in want of other Food) the Cephaglione 

 or young Shoots of the Talmeta, to dig up the Roots of Plants, 

 and fometimes the Graves of the Dead ; which, particularly 

 among the Bedoweens , are not fecured by either Walls, 

 Trenches or Inclofures. When any of thefe Creatures are ta- 



I Vid. Ge/n. de Quadrup. p- 5'49, fjo. 7^5«/?. de Qu^adrup. Cap. 12. RrfySynopf Animal. 

 Qu^adrup. p. 201. 2 Quasrendum an genus aliquod Ik Tbo'is vcl Panthcris Minoris quorum 

 tnemimz Oppianus. Conveniunt enim magninido, maculx, ingenlum (nam & Pantherami- 

 norera innoxium efle Oppianus fcribit) & ufus pellium ad veftcs prctiofus & infuper odor 

 fuavis. Gefn. ut fupra. 3 Genetha vel potius Genetta. auc Ginetta [Genocha apud Albcrtum 

 perperam) eftbeftia pauIo major (minor, Alber. &rede) vulpecula &c. Id. ibid. 



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