at Pra!nefte. pj- 



Below the taeotc is the khioen, a beautiful little Creature, The khi- 

 with a fhaggy Neck, like the KaM.>^ ' ; and fliaped exadly like^L./^r. 

 thofe Monkeys^ that are commonly called Marmojets, We 

 may conclude therefore, from thefe Circumftances, that the 

 KHinEN is no other Animal than the Ethiopan Monkey, called 

 by the Hebrews ( ^yp ) Kottph, and by the Greeks khoos % 

 KH$o2 or KEinos, from whence the Latin Name Cephus ' \ with 

 this Difference only, that khioen has here an heterod'ite Ter- 

 mination. For little Regard, as we may perceive from the 

 preceeding Names, has been paid, either to the Orthography, 

 the Number, or any other Grammatical Accuracies. 



At a little Diftance from the khiden is the hioit : and near Tiie sioit, 

 this again are the oantec ; both of them Appellations, as I °' ^^''^^' 

 conjecture, of ^//ji^j^ic Extraction. With Regard to the sioit, 

 it has all the Appearance of a very fierce and rapacious Ani- 

 mal. It feems to be howling, with the Mouth half open. The 

 Jaws are long and well armed with Teeth. There is no fmall 

 Probability therefore, that it was intended for the Wolf, and 

 Gonfequently, will be the fame, (by foftning the ►n i.e. by) with 

 ^■M^^H- Azybyte or 'zijlt, the Ethiopic Name Plural of that 

 Animal. 



We find the fame Similitude and Analogy like wife, betwixt The ^ian- 

 nANTEC and KhX^iy ^anhes or Oanques, as it may be differently Qf'^;,°'^^""' 

 pronounced. The oantec then were (the Ethiopian) Civet 

 Cats % as ^•inrt is interpreted, by Cafiel and Ludolfus. 



For greater Differences, than thefe, are found in the Deri- The great 

 vatives of moll Languages. And, confidering the Nature and betwixc the 

 Quality of the Gr^^'/i' and thQ Ethiopic Alphabets, and of their -b^^W'^ ai- 

 refpeClive Pronunciations ; it cannot be expected, either that^'^ "^' 

 the fame Letters, or the fame Force or Sound of any one given 

 Word or Appellation, fliould be exactly conveyed from one of 

 thefe Languages into the other. 



I Efferocior Cpwcepbalis natura ; ficut mitiffima Satyris & Sph'mgibus. Callitriches toto 

 pene afpeclu difFerunt, barba eft in facie, cauda late fiila priori parte. Plin. 1. 8. cap. 5:4. 



mv 'iiims StfTOfu. t' et^^« e/Vi nun! j^ a^Kn i^fm^i. rzcsTai S'' h Ai3i057ia, Strab. 1. 17. p. 817. Ed. 

 Gronov. 



3 Pompeius Magnus mifit ex Ethiopia, quas vocant Cephos, quarum pedes pofteriores 

 pedibus-humanis & cruribus ; prioresmanibus fiiere fimiles. Pl'm. Nat. Hift. J. 8. c. ij>. 



4 Fells /Etbiofua. f. Animal Z'lbethtctmt. f. Hyma Odorifera. {. Qvetta. 



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