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comparatively tame, and we have not troubled the 

 species much, as it is too mangy-looking to add it to 

 our dinner list : the Arabs will eat it, however, readily 

 enough, and Albert says they get over the difficulty in 

 connection with their religion by saying that if they 

 have the Koran in one hand and no pig in the other 

 they may not eat it, but if they have some pig and no 

 Koran they may eat it. (N.B. I have not seen Albert 

 read * Baker.') 



