6o Of the Mufa ; the Cicer ; the Doom 



at thefe Seafons; fo they may well be fufpefted^ not to con- 

 tribute at all, to the periodical Riling in the Summer. It is 

 more probable, that, fuch Clouds and Vapours, as are brought 

 along with them, at thefe no lefs than at other Times, may 

 be diflipated, dried up, or converted into Rain, a long Time 

 before they arrive at the Fountains of the iVi/e. 



CHAP. VI. 



Some of the Plants and jamais of Egypt further 

 explained and illusirated. 



piaifrs°^ and T ^ave already obfervcd, {Trav. p. 4-17. ) that the native 

 Animals jfX Plants as well as Animals oi Egypt, were few in Number ; 

 deicnbed ; ^ud having been likewife well defcribed, by other Authors, 



VIZ. *-' . ^ •' 



both ancient and modern, I thought it fuperfluous and unne- 

 ceflary to give the Reader any further Account or Illuftration 

 of them. Not a few however, both of the Plants and Animals, 

 have been thought worthy of Reconlideration by this Author. 

 And, as even fome of thefe, had been taken Notice of and ex- 

 plained, in my Book of Travels, I may likewife plead fome 

 Right, to juftify my 07/^;^ Defcriptions, and at the fame Time 

 to animadvert upon his. 



The Mufa. Thus the Plant, which has long been known to Botanifts, by 

 the Name of Mufa, {Trav. p. 569. and 417.) is here called 

 Mofeh only, (p. aoy.) as if it was intended, to have been given 

 us, for a non-defcrift or new Plant. The like may be obferved 

 of the Kind of Vetch, as he defcribes it, (p. ao^.) with one 

 Seed in each Tod, called hy the Egyptians, Haum : inafmuch 

 as, by a proper Inquiry, he might have found it to have been 



The Cher. ^^iQ Cicer, GaTvanfa or Chich Tea, (as it is differently named ;) 

 a leguminous Plant, which I have more than once mentioned ; 

 and, when parched, is fuppofed to be the Tigeons Dung of the 

 H. Scriptures. 



TheD<^«^or jhe Tkel aic TalfH , or the T>ome Tree ofThehais, which y 



Palm of Tlie- ' . 



^"" h'^^A^^^P'^^^'^ ^^ cannot Jind to have heen mentio'ned hy any yiu- 



cients. thor \ 



