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India, and there imparted his information to the late Mr. Edward Blyth, 

 curator of the museum of the Royal Asiatic Society at Calcutta, who 

 forthwith sent this information to the Zoological Society in London. 

 The latter printed a note on the subject in its Proceedings for 1 841 . Since 

 Mr. Crowther's time no more definite news has been received of this bear, 

 though other travellers have reported statements of Arabs and Moors that 

 such a creature exists in the mountains of Eastern Morocco and Western 

 Algeria. In Algerian Arabic there are distinct names for both bear and 

 hyaena. Bear is called Debb (£•■>), plural Debuba ; whereas hyasna is called 

 Deb'a {tr), plural Debu'a. In Tunis the name Debb is applied indifferently 

 to bear or hyasna. It may be added that bones of bears are common in the 

 caves of Gibraltar. H H.Johnston. 



Fig. 55.— Head of White Oryx. 



