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PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAN. 



animals and plants were transmitted to Europe. In the midst, how- 

 ever, of the general change, the influence of the new order of things, 

 appears to have very slowly affected the valley of the Nile. 



Among domestic animals, the most important modern acquisition, is 

 that of the turheij. In Egypt, the turkey is sometimes called, the 

 Maltese fowl ;' a circumstance, indicating, that the bird was re- 

 ceived by the way of Malta. 



Anona squamosa, according to Forskal, Delile, and Clot-Bey and 

 Figari, is successfully cultivated in Egypt.* 



Vacliellia Farnesiana, is figured by Parkinson ; and is enumerated by 

 Clot-Bey and Figari, among the plants long known in Egypt. 



Thuya Occidentalism according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now culti- 

 vated in Egypt. 



Celtis Occidentalism according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now culti- 

 vated in Egypt. 



Terminalia ; two species, accordhig to Clot-Bey and Figari, have been 

 recently introduced, and are successfully cultivated in Egypt. 



Sterculia platanifolia, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now culti- 

 vated in Egypt. 



Ace?' negimdo, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now cultivated in 

 Egypt. 



Rohi?iia pseudacacia, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now culti- 

 vated in Egypt. 



Gleditschia triacajitha, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now cul- 

 tivated in Egypt. 



Bignonia catalpa, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is now cultivated 



in the gardens of Egypt. 

 Opuntia. Mathioli expressly states, That the cactus, was brought in 



his time from the West Indies. The plant, is now common in 



Egypt. 



B?'omelia ananas, the pine-apple, according to Hasselquist, formerly 

 existed at Damietta. And Clot-Bey and Figari state, that the cul- 

 tivation of this fruit, does not succeed in Egypt. 



Fragaria. The strawberry, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, has 

 been recently introduced into Egypt. The species, is probably 



* JEsculus hiiypocastaimm, the horse-chestnut, was brought to Mathioli from Constan- 

 tinople ; and Clusius also, speaks of the plant, a novelty in Europe. I have not found 

 the horse-chestnut mentioned as existing in Egypt. 



