AND LOWER BGYPT. l6j 



" as India. M. Pennant says it is to be found in 

 " Barbary * ; but there is no authentic evidence 

 ** that thejalma is an inhabitant of Africa : he even 

 u remarks that it prefers colder countries than what 

 <( suit thegerboa, an inhabitant of warmer climates-^. 



" The second variety is the largest of all ; it is 

 " more rare than the first : they give it the name of 

 11 marine jahna, and it is to be found in the grassy 

 " hills of the TanaTs, of the Volga, of the Rhymnus, 

 t( and of the Irtis %. It is to this variety we are to 

 " refer the. animal which Dr. Shaw has erroneously 

 " described under the name of daman-isra'el, and 

 H which is of the size of the rabbit. 



" The third variety is found, with the large one, 

 M toward salt meridional marshes of the Caspian 

 " sea, and with the middle sized one, in the vici- 

 " nity of the Volga, and of the Rhymnus. They 

 " give it the name of choin-jalma || ; it is the small- 

 " est of the three. The largest, or marine jalma, 

 " is of the size of a squirrel ; the middle-sized, or 

 "Jalma, is about as big as a rat, and the smallest is 

 " scarcely so large as a field-mouse. 



'* All these families have five toes on the hinder 

 " foot ; and in the great number which M. Pallas 



* History of Quadrupeds, p. 429. f Pallas, book already 

 quoted, p. 286. ^ Id. ibid. p. 284. || Id. p. 291. 



m 4 " examined, 



