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for a hundred ; although even camels are Hable to 

 rabies. A method has been discovered of gelding 

 even the females intended for war ; this by denying 

 them intercourse increases their strength. 



XXVII. Some resemblance to these is passed on to Tke girafje. 

 two animals. The Ethiopians give the name of 



nahun to one that has a neck Hke a horse, feet and 

 legs Hke an ox, and a head Hke a camel, and is of a 

 ruddy colour picked out with white spots, owing to 

 which it is called a camelopard " ; it was first seen at 

 Rome at the games in the Circus given by Caesar 

 when dictator. From this it has subsequently been 

 recognized to be more remarkable for appearance 

 than for ferocity, and consequently it has also got 

 the name of ' wild sheep.' 



XXVIII. The games* of Pompey the Great first Theiynx. 

 displayed the chama, which the Gauls used to call 



the lynx, with the shape of a wolf and leopard's 

 spots ; the same show exhibited what they call 

 cepki^ from Ethiopia, which have hind feet resembHng 

 the feet of a man and legs and fore feet Hke hands. 

 Rome has not seen this animal subsequently. 



XXIX. At the same games there was also a rhino- The 

 ceros with one horn'' on the nose such as has often been '■'""'"^^''•'- 

 seen. Another bred here to fight matches with an 

 elephant gets ready for battle by fiHng its horns on 

 rocks, and in the encounter goes specially for the 

 belly, which it knows to be softer. It equals an 

 elephant in length, but its legs are much shorter, 



and it is the colour of box-wood. 



XXX. Ethiopia produces lynxes in great numbers, Faunaoj 

 and sphinxes* with brown hair and a pair of udders ^"""p*" 

 on the breast, and many other monstrosities — winged 

 horses armed with horns, caUed pegasi, hyenas Hke a 



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