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The jerboa hath been taken by fome Authors ' for the [i£^] The jerboa 



c/ 1 1 T 1 /7^^'w for the 



Saphan\ of the Scriptures, though the Places, where I have saphanj 

 feen their Burrows^ have never been among the Rocks ; but ei- 

 ther in a ftifF or loamy Earth, or elfe (where their Haunts 

 ufually are) in the loofe Sand of the Sahara. Where there is 

 any Tuft of reedy Grafs, Spurge, Lawrel, or other Plants pe- 

 culiar to the Sahara, there efpecially we are fure to find the 

 Jerboa. That very remarkable Difproportion betwixt the 

 fore and hinder Legs of this Animal , (though 1 have never 

 obferved It to run, only frequently to ftand upon the latter) ^roMiy the 

 may induce us to take it for one of the a/ttoJ^k^ qj. ^wo footed ^^I^L'iC/ ^ 

 Rats of Herodotus, and other Authors. 



Befides the Creatures above mentioned, Barbary alfo pro-^'"«.^ ^f^^'" 



- An:nials of 



duceth others which it hath more in common with other Places. ^^'' ^'"'«^'')- 

 Such is the Bear, \oY'Dubh\'] the Ape, [or Sheddy^ the Ich- 

 neumon, [or Tezer-dea^ the Porcupine, [or Tzur-ban ',] the 

 Hedge-Hog, [or Kim-foode ^*^»] the Fox, [or Thaleh c-^i-i] 

 the Ferret, [or Nimfe,'] the Weefel, [or Fert el Heile^ be- 

 fides the Mole, the Rabbit, the Hare and the wild Boar, which 

 are every where in great Numbers. The Lyon is fuppofed to 

 prey chiefly upon the latter^ which notwithftanding hath fome- 

 times been known to defend Itfelf with fo much Bravery, that 

 theVi6tory hath inclined to neither Side, the CarcalTes of them 

 both having been found lying dead together, all in Gore and 

 mangled to Pieces. 



Among the oviparous Quadrupeds of this Country, we^^Tortoife. 

 are to reckon the Land and Water Tortoife; the latter of 

 which hath a flatter Body, and is unwholefome to eat. The 

 Taitah\ Bouiah or Chameleon, may be difcovered by a goodkon^^''"''^" 

 Eye , upon every Hedge. The Tongue is four Inches long, 



1 Vid. Bof/;. HIcroz. I.3. cap. 3 3. 2 The [iigh Hills arc a Refuge for the wild Goats, and, 

 fo are the Stony Rocks for the [Sapliannim CD'JDtJ?] Conies. Pf. 104. 18. The Conies [CD^2-iV 

 Saphannim] are but a feeble Folk^, yet make they their- Houfes in the Rocks. Prov. 30.26. 

 ^ MvaJK 3 '^ia la^ei. o/Jtivj S^- oi ^, SirmSif yjMoytax- oi 3, i^iyie^is' ** 0/ JV, i)(7nf. Herod. Melpotn. 

 "5.192. hiyj-9ia 3 a.f.ia i'lTnJki Vi) [xZf, y^ f^e}ka< fjnyi^ (pii^ji' mf yt f*«V ly-iT^SiiQif otw, at ^fffi, yjfi- 

 S^- ** /3«i'i^K3-/ /{ of,5D; in Ttiv mJhly. Theoph. apud iElian. Hift. 1. if. cap. 26. Ei- fiiyiTiia ti'^roMe 



■nif, o'la ^.ftnr. Photiiis ibid. E/s; j Ki" 'ir^ejh «' &itS'i'(^>!(Ttv SVi -nif Jbm -ttosi. Arifl. de Mur. itgypt. 

 4 21 Dab. Urfus. (_^iO Dabiba enim Arabice ell pilofam habese faciem, unde (^o Dab 

 faciei pili & villi &c. Boch. Hieroz. 1.3. cap. 9. y \j\-^j-^, (a t^^^*^) a fpiculorum. fc. 

 concuflu jaftuve. |0" Of the many Porcupines I have feen in Africa, / never knew any one, 

 though very much provoked, that would dart it's Quills ; their ufual method of defence being to incline 

 themfelvcs on one Side, and, upon the Enemy's near Approach^ to rife up quickly and gore hifii with 

 the other. 6 Vid. Boch. Hieroz. I. 4. cap. 4. 



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