•FENNEC; OR, ZERDAo 
pressed in terms I cannot repeat. Mr. Bruce 
claims the honour of the drawings ; and asserts ^ 
that Mr. Skioldehrand acquired the copy by 
unfair means; that he corrupted his servant, 
and gained his end. This never would have 
been known, but by the lucky accident of a 
death-bed repentance : the poor lad fell ill ; 
nor could he depart in peace, till he had dis- 
charged his conscience by a full confession of 
his grievous crime. The world will probably 
think — ■ 
^' Nec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice 
nodus Incident." 
" M. De Bufron has dven a fip-ure of this 
animal, communicated to him by Mr. Bruce; 
but, from his authority, ascribes to it a dif- 
ferent place, and different manners. He says, 
that it is found to the south of the Palus Tri- 
tonides, in Lybia ; that it has something of the 
nature of the Hare, and something of the 
Squirrel ; and that it lives on the Palm Trees, 
and feeds on the Fruit. When Mr. Bruce 
favoured the public with his splendid work, he 
gives, in his fifth volume, a different account. 
From a Hare, or a Squirrel, it is converted into 
a Weasel ; and the place of it's habitation is 
changed 
