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'Aytan Buweirdeh, farther north in the 'Arabah, Mr. Laurence came upon 

 fresh remains of some animal, with plentiful tracks of this carnivore 

 around it. The Sinai Bedawin stated that the ' nimr ' is found only on 

 Jebel Serbal and the Shaumer. 



jFelis maniculata, Rupp. Mr. Laurence shot a fine specimen of this 

 wild cat near Tell Abu Hareireh in Southern Judaea, between Gaza and 

 Bir es Sebd. Our Cairo dragoman pronounced it to be the ' Nile wild 

 cat.' It measured from tip of nose to tip of tail 2 feet 8 inches, of which 

 the tail measured i foot. The animal was grayish brown above, faintly 

 brindled across the back and down the sides with fulvous brown, the belly 

 fawn-colour and barred or mottled with sooty black. The tip of the tail 

 was black, with two or three rings of black near the tip. This is the cat 

 found embalmed in Egyptian monuments. It ranges through Egypt and 

 up the Nile to Abyssinia. 



HycBna striata, Schreb. On the western side of the 'Arabah the 

 striped hyaena appears to be plentiful. I had a shot at one here, and 

 saw their tracks in several places. In Sinai hyaena tracks were seen and 

 recognised by the Arabs frequently. 



Cams auretis, Linn. Very abundant in the Ghor and at Gaza, but not 

 heard or seen in Sinai. Sometimes the dogs seen along the coast from 

 Gaza to Jaffa are strongly tainted with iackal. The bushy hanging tail 

 and slouching gait, with pointed ears and long snout, indicated the 

 parentage of these animals ; and I was informed that the village dogs and 

 jackals frequently interbreed. On Lebanon, in deep snow, between 4,000 

 and 5,000 feet above sea-level, I saw jackals with many ravens gorging 

 on the carcase of a dead camel. Here also I saw the only wolf ICanis 

 lupus) met with during the tour, though tracks were said to belong to 

 this species in Widy Hartin at the base of Mount Hon Burton saw a 

 wolf in Midian. 



Vulpes nilotica, Rupp. ? Fox-burrows were met with in the 'Arabah 

 probably belonging to this species. The Sinaitic Bedawin were acquainted 

 with foxes in Sinai. In the Ordnance Survey two other species of fox 

 {Canis famelims, Rupp. and C. sabbar, Ehr.) are given which were 



