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aftei* Suftenance; and when the Sun arifeth, and /^f Lyon ^^Z- 

 teth h'lm [elf away to his Ven, both the Sty ah GhuJJj and the 

 Jackall have been often feen gnawing fuch CarcafTes, as 

 the Lyon is fuppofed to have fed upon the Night before. This 

 and the promifcuous Noife, which I have frequently heard 

 th.Q Jackall (at leaft) to make with the Lyon, are the only 

 CircumftancesI am acquainted with in Favour of this Opinion. 

 Thc]\tdand Theyir^[^^=^] ' and th.Q Jerhoa or Terhoa [d-^^^*] are two lit- 

 jerboa. j.jg Jiarmlcfs Animals, which burrow in the Ground. They 

 chiefly frequent the Sahara, though I have often feen the lat- 

 ter in the Neighbourhood of JVarran. Each of them is of* 

 the Bignefs of a Rat, having their Bellies white, but their Bo- 

 dies of a Sorrel Colour. The Ears likewife of them both, 

 are round and hollow; agreeing with the Rabbit, in the Or- 

 der of their Fore-teeth, and in the Briftles of their Chops. But 

 they differ in other Refpe6ls ; for the Head of the Jird is 

 fomewhat pointed, and covered all over with Fur ; whereas 

 the Noftrils of the Jerboa are flat and naked, lying nearly in 

 the fame Plain with the Mouth ; wherein it differeth from Thofe 

 which have been brought from^/e'/'po, and are defcribed by Mr. 

 Haym"^. All the Legs of the Jird are nearly of the fame 

 Length, with each of them five Toes; whereas the Fore-feet 

 of the Barhary Jerboa are very Ihort and armed only with 

 three. The Hinder-feet are of the fame Length nearly 

 with the Body, with each of them four, befides two Spurs, as 

 we may call the little Toes that are placed at more than the 

 Diflance of an Inch above them. The Tail of the Jird, though 

 a little fhorter than in the common Rat, yet is better cloath- 

 ed : whilfl that of the Jerboa is as long as It's Body, of a 

 yellowifh Colour, with a black annular Tuft near the Extre- 

 mity. They are both good to eat : and the latter, notwith- 

 ftanding the great Difproportion betwixt the fore and hinder 

 Feet, runs or rather jumps along with an extraordinary Swift- 

 nefs ; the Tail, which It carrieth for the moft part ere6l or 

 occafionally reclined, contributing all the while to the Regu- 

 larity of the Motion. 



I Bochart { Hieroz. I. 2. p. 249. ) renders it the Great Monfe. 2 Vid. JVic. Hajw. 

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