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agers * to have been found in Brafil, had been 

 tranfported thither from Africa. Others, which 

 have been feen in Perfia f> and in Turkey J, had 



been 



of different colours, &c. Vcyage de la Compagnie des hides de 

 Holla nde, torn. 4. /. 320. 



* When I arrived in Brafil, I faw two very rare animals, 

 which were of the figure and iize of a fmall mule ; yet they 

 are not mules ; for they are fertile. The fkin is extremely 

 beautiful, very fmooth, fhort, and mining like velvet. The 

 hair is difpofed into fine white and black bands, which run 

 in the moil exacl proportion over the whole body, ears, tail, 

 and other extremities. Moreover, thefe animals are very 

 fierce, and never can be fully tamed. They are called, in the 

 country, from which they are brought, Efvres. They are 

 natives of Angola in Africa, from whence they were tranf- 

 ported to Brafil, in order to be afterwards prefented to the 

 King of Spain. Though they had been taken when very 

 young, and were a little tamed, no body durft approach them, 

 except their keeper. Some time before I arrived, one of 

 them had broke loofe, and killed a groom. . . . Though 

 tied up very clofe, the keeper mowed me feveral bites he had 

 received from them. The fkin of the animal is extremely 

 beautiful ; Voyage de Pyrard, torn. 2. p. 376. 



-j- The ambaifadors from ^Ethiopia to the Mogul, mud 

 give apreientofa kind of mule, whofe fkin. I was ihown as 

 a great rarity. No tiger is fo finely marked, no iilken fluff 

 is ftriped with fuch variety, order, and proportion, as the 

 fkin of this animal ; Hlfl. de la revolution du Mogol, par Fr. 

 Bernier, torn. 1 . p. 181. 



\ An ambaffador from ./Ethiopia arrived at Cairo with 

 prefents for the Grand Seignior. Among others, there was 

 an afs that had amoft beautiful fkin, provided it was natural, 

 of which I am uncertain, as I did not examine it. It had 

 a black line along the back, and all the reft of the body was 

 variegated with alternate bands of white and tawny. The 

 head was very long, and ftriped in the fame manner with 

 the body. The ears were black, yellow, and white. The legs 

 were ftriped like the body, not lengthwife, but round in the 



manner 



