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nis ; it had come laft from the ifland of Gerba * and had 

 been brought there by the caravan of Gadems, or Fezzan. 

 I bought one at Sennaar, from whence it came I know nor; 

 I kept it a confiderable time in a cage, till finding it was 

 no longer fafe for me to day at Sennaar, 1 trufted it by way 

 of depofit in the hands of a man whom it was necefTary to 

 deceive, with the expectation that I was to return, and only 

 going for a few days to the camp of Shekh Adelan. It was 

 known by Mahomet Towafh, and feveral people at Sennaar, 

 to be frequently carried to Cairo, and to Mecca, with paro- 

 quets, and fuch curiofities which are brought by the great 

 caravan from the Niger which traverfes the dreary de- 

 fert of Selima, and takes the date villages in its way eaft- 

 ward. 



All thefe animals found at feparate times did exactly 

 refemble the firil one feen at Algiers. They were all known 

 by the name of Fennec, and no other, and faid to inhabit 

 the date villages, where they built their nefts upon trees 

 perfectly conformable to what the Arabian authors, whe- 

 ther naturaliils or hiftorians, had faid of them. 



Though his favourite food feemed to be dates or any 

 fweet fruit, yet I obferved he was very fond of eggs: pigeons 

 eggs, and frnail birds eggs, were firft brought him, which 

 he devoured with great avidity ; but he did not feem :o 

 know how to manage the egg of a hen, but when broke for 

 him, he ate it with the fame voracity as the others. When 

 he was hungry, he would eat bread, efpecially with honey 



or 



* Meninx Ins. 



