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which Africa has contributed to civilization, the 

 Guinea-hen, here called the ' Abyssinian cock,' 

 is trapped by slaves upon the mainland, and is 

 brought to the Island for sale. As might be ex- 

 pected so near their mother-country, there are 

 seven or eight varieties of this valuable fowl, 

 and until late years some of the rarest and the 

 most curious have been unwittingly used for the 

 table. In every part of the Arab world the 

 Guinea-fowl has a different name : in Syria, for 

 instance, it is called Dik el Eumi (not Dik el 

 Habash) or Roman (Greek) cock, a term gener- 

 ally given to the turkey. It is curious on a coast 

 of estuaries and great river-mouths that the 

 flamingo was not seen by us. 



