FENNEC; OR, ZERDA. 
tropical rains, many other trees grow, be- 
sides the Palm, and there the Date does not 
ripen ; and, by it's very thin hair, and fine skin, 
this creature is known at first sight to belong 
to a dry warm climate. But, to leave no sort 
of doubt, he calls him Gsetulian, which shews 
precisely what country he means. There, in 
:' the high Palm Trees, of which this country 
is full, he writes, the Fennec builds it's nest, 
and brings up it's young. Giggeius tells us, 
that their skins are made use of for fine pelisses ; 
Ibu Beitar, that quantities of this fur is brought 
from the interior parts of Africa; and Damir 
and Bazi say, that their skins are used for sum- 
mer pelisses. Vid. Epist. J. Caii, Angii ad 
Gesnerum." 
This, we conceive, the reader will agree, 
with us, is a sufficient display of our travel- 
ler's learning, and his authorities. 
Besides the Fennec which Mr. Bruce had at 
Algiers, he met with another at Tunis: it had 
come last from the island of Gerba, and had. 
been brought there by the Caravan of Ga- 
dem^s, or Fezzar. He bought one at Senaar; 
from 
