Ohfervations &c, 247 



ken, the Arabs are very induftrious to bury the Head, leaft 

 the Brain, according to their Superftition, fliould be made ufe 

 of in Sorcery and Enchantment. After the Lyon and Pan- 

 ther, the Dubbab is the fierceft of the wild Beails ofBarbarj), 

 which, from having a Mane, moving It's Neck with Difficul- 

 ty, and difturbing the Graves of the Dead ', may lay in a greater 

 Claim to be reckoned the/^^;/^? of the Antients,than theCia;6'/C«/, 

 which is fpotted and no Native of this Country ; or the Badger^, 

 which is a lelTer Animal, and not known, as far as I have 

 heard, ni Barbary. 



The 7)eeb [-^<>-^] or Jackall [>^ Chatbal] is of a darker JX^^,^^^^^ 

 Colour than the Fox, and about the fame Bignefs. It yelps every 

 Night about theGardens and Villages, feeding, as the Dubbah 

 doth, upon Roots, Fruit and Carrion. Vix.Ray ' fuppofeth it to be 

 the Lupus Aureus of the Antients : but what Oppian defcrib- 

 eth as fuch, is of a much fiercer Nature \ 



The Gat elKhallah, Sly ah Ghu/h, or Karrah Ku-lah, (i. e. The'^'"' ^lack- 

 Black Cat , or Black-ear d Cat, as the Arabick, Terfian and 

 TurkiJJj Names fignify,) is of the Bignefs of a Cat of the largefl 

 Size. The Body is of a reddifli-brown, the Belly of a lighter 

 Colour and fometimes fpotted, the Mouth black, the Ears of 

 a deep grey, with the Tips of them diftinguiflied , byfmall 

 Tufts of black llifF Hair, as in the Lynx. The Figure given us 

 of this Animal by Charleton^, is very different from the Bar- 

 bary Siyah Ghup.i, which hath a fuller Face and black Chops, 

 though in other Refpedts it is exadly fhaped like a Cat. 



This Animal,no lefs than \\\Qjackall^2Xh. been fuppofed to find ^'^^, ^^' ^1' 

 out Prey for the Lyon, and is therefore commonly called the'^^''- 

 Lyon's Provider ; though it may be doubted, whether there 

 be any fuch friendly Intercourfe betwixt two fuch different Crea- 

 tures. In the Night time indeed, when, (agreeable to the Ob- 

 fervation of the H. Pfalmift ') all the Beafls of the Forreft do 

 move, Thefe, in like Manner with other Kinds, are prowling 



Hji£nam quoque mittit Africa, cui cum fpina riget, collum continua unitate fledi ne- 



cap. y. Vid. ^of/;. Hieioz. I.3 cap. xi. 2 Vid. R4// Synopf. Animal, p. 174. 



^ oil hw.Qr, ahXa. Imts vr^p^i?a,Tz( , euTTinaTQ' 3*p. Oppian. CynCg. ].?. 



However Bochan deduccth the Name from the Heb. [3NTJ /Caab, Gold. 4 Vid. Chart. 

 Exercic. p. 23. y F/. 104. 20, 21 and 22. 



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