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ASHKORO. 



THIS curious animal is found in Ethiopia, in the 

 caverns of the rocks, or under the great ftones in 

 the Mountain of the Sun, behind the queen's palace at 

 Kofcam., It is alfo frequent in the deep caverns in the 

 rock in many other places in Abyflinia. It does not bur- 

 row, or make holes, as the rat and rabbit, nature having in- 

 terdicted him this practice by furnifliing him with feet, the 

 toes of which are perfectly round, and of a foft, pulpy, ten- 

 der fubflance ; the flefhy parts of the toes project beyond the 

 nails, which are rather broad than fharp, much fimilar to 

 a man's nails ill grown, and thefe appear rather given him 

 for the defence of his foft toes, than for any active ufe in 

 digging, to which they are by no means adapted. 



His hind foot is long and narrow, divided with two deep 

 wrinkles, or clefts, in the middle, drawn acrofs the centre, 

 on each fide of which the flefh rifes with confiderable pro- 

 tuberancy, and it is terminated by three claws, the middle 

 one is the longelt. The forefoot has four toes, three difpo- 

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