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I have no doubt that the El Akbar and the El Webro of 

 the Arabs, are both the fame animal. The El Akbar only 

 means the largeft of the Mus-montanus, under which they 

 have clafTed the Jerboa. The Jerd, and El Webro, as alfo 

 the Afhkoko or Akbar, anfwer to the character of having 

 no tail. 



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BOOTED LYNX. 



TH I S is a very beautiful fpecies of Lynx, and, as far as 

 I know, the fmalleft of the kind. His body from the tip 

 of the nofe to the anus being only 22 inches. His back, neck, 

 and forepart of his feet are of a dirty grey. His belly is of a 

 dirty white, fpotted with undefined marks, or flains of 

 red. Below his eyes, and on each lide of his nofe, is a red- 

 difh brown,the back of his ears being of the fame colour, but 

 rather darker; the infide of his ears is very thickly clothed 

 with fine white hair, and at the end is the pencil of hairs 

 diftin&ive of this genus. On the back of his forefeet, 

 be has a black ftreak or mark, which reaches from his heel 



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