c^r Thebaic Palm. Of ihe Hyxna, , /j'f^*^ Ichneumon. 61 



thor ; is the Ksin'.(p^p^i \ the k^jch, % or Cuci of the ancient natural 

 Hiftorians; the fame which is reprefented^ among the Talm- 

 TreeSy (B) in the Pavement oiTnenejle. J. BauJj'me, (1. g. 

 c. 86. ) gives us a large Account o^ it, under the Name of 

 Talmce facie Cuciofera. I have likewife taken Notice of the 

 Dooniy (-^^) not Dome, as this Author calls it, in my Thyto- 

 graphia, N°. 14-3. And as That, which I have defcribed, is 

 of the fame Clafs, with the Thebaic ; fo I make no Doubt, but 

 the Trunk of it, at a proper Growth, {^zBfjacwlS'i^^ as it is related 

 of the Kywc'tpoesv,) becomes ^V^oov alfo ov forked. In the Cretan 

 Medal of Camara, defcribed by Spanheim \ the Fan-like Leaf 

 of the T)oom'\^ very beautifully exhibited : and as thefe Leaves 

 are three in Number, iflliing from the Top of the fame Trunk ; 

 they may further denote, that this Species of the Ta/m Tree 

 was three forked : as fome of the Cretan Palm Trees are de- 

 fcribed to have been by Theophraftm *. 



With Resard iikew^ife to the Animals of this Country: that of the 



^ ' Dubbah or 



which I have defcribed and called the Duhhah or Hy^na,Hyana. 

 (Trav. p. 14.6.) is here called (p. 107.) the Duhher QxAhena\ 

 denoting, as it may be imagined, a new and hitherto unheard 

 of Name, as well as Species of Animals. The Ichneumon (or 

 i-^mTfii according to Herodotus) is miftaken likev/ife by this Au 



moji different 

 from the J 

 or Jtrboa 



Ichneumon. For Diodorus Siculm tells us, that the i;^v£u^y^ 

 (,©-^.77^^^©- m (ta/^£ xa.vi) ivo^s of the fize of a little 'Dog, as indeed 

 it is ; whereas the Jird (or Jerhoa if that may be rather in- 

 tended,) is fcarce of the Bignefs of a Rat. And befides, both 

 thefe little Animals are Inhabitants of the Deferts, which the 



I To iH y^>,iuh">v Ktntiopo^fv, oi^r oixoioy tm ipo'ivixj' ih cAi '(.[/.'jiomti. y^Tti 75 jt'vfj^of «J^f< i^ -m ^Jw^a. — 

 2iJ#iep£i t/V, 077 fj^'j p'lvi^ fMvii^vif )Lj ciTjKvv oji, T870 /t' isfjawi^ti^v J^^STOi i^ yiviTOi {Jixfoov'^ cLKfoy^ fi-n 



TTii^xvit Si f/Ejoi' xj df'oJfa (tKhit^v, 'E? k ns y.eJY.vs TtpcvuOT ivs iU tb? spsj^T^f Tsf sJif7ni>iih>i( . Theophr. 

 Hift. Plant. 1. 4. c. 2. 



•n ^if^'t'X^ i^ovTcft aHioL T^da. — ej^^KJJ eft' 1^ tb ?J^>.ol' tAsti)) )9 ftioTrsp «it ./i/orK iwynfif/^ov Iha^^y. Tor 



mtIov J^ y>^-JKu. Theophr. 1. 2. c. 8. p. 3J. C/ai in magno honore Paltnx limiJis, quando & 

 ejus foliis utuntur ad textilia. Differt quod in brachia rannorum fpargitur. Porno mag- 

 rittido, quaj manum impleat, color fulvus, commendabilis fucco ex aullero duici &c. Plhi. 

 Hift. Nat. 1. 13. c. p. Diodorns gives the lame Account of it. 



3 Spanh. de ufu & pr^ft. Niimilra. Vol. i. p. 340. 



4 *«ff7 JV 1^ Ttff foiviKif iy Kpi'iTt) T^fim iitau i\i hpur \nts /« x*! -ifipeit. Theophr. Hift. Plant. 

 1. 2. c. 8. 



Q^ Ichneu?7ion 



thor, (p. 131. and xo7.) for the Jird or Jerdaon ; which is a J^J'diS&en 

 quite different Creature, fcarce one tenth part fo large as thej™'"^'^^^"''' 



