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ing this, he is in liis perfon as dirty and ilovenly as he is 

 fierce, brutal, and indocile ; he feems to maintain am6ng his 

 own kind the 'fame character for manners that, the wolf 

 does among the carnivorous tribe. 



But what is very particular is-, this is the only animal 

 kept for giving milk in Egypt, And though apparently 

 thefe are of the fame fpecies, and came originally from Ethi- 

 opia, their manners are fo entirely changed by their mig- 

 ration, difference of climate or of food, that, without the ex- 

 ertion of any art to tame them, they are milked, conducted 

 to and fro, and governed by children of ten years old, with- 

 out apprehenfion, or any unlucky accident having ever hap- 

 . pened. 



Among the wild animals are prodigious numbers of the 

 gazel, or antelope kind ; the bohur, faila, feeho, and mado- 

 qua, and various others ; thefe are feldom found in the cul- 

 tivated country, or where cattle pafture, as they chiefly feed 

 on trees; for the moll part, they are found in broken ground 

 near the banks of rivers, where, during the heat of the day, 

 they conceal themfelves, and fleep under cover of the 

 bulh.es ; they are (till more numerous in thofe provinces 

 whofe inhabitants have been extirpated, and the houfes ruin- 

 ed or burnt in time of war, and where wild oats, grown 

 up fo as to cover the whole country, afford them a quiet 

 refidence, without being difturbed by man. Of this I 

 have mentioned a very remarkable inftance in the firft 

 attempt I made to difcover the fource of the Nile, (vol. 

 III. p. 439.) The hyasna is ftill more numerous : enough has 

 been faid about him ; I apprehend that there are two fpecies. 

 There are few varieties of the dog or fox kind. Of thefe 



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