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G o Travels into the Levant. Part Ï r, 
as I might eafily obferve by the marks that remain on the Hills. We had no 
Lions to be afraid of in that place, but Robbers we had. 
Wednesday the thii ceenth oï Augufi we parted from thence, about break of 
Inuni.Mti- day, and about eight a clock faw to the left hand a Village called Imam-Mu- 
hammeddour. hnmmeddour^ from the name of a Mofque, where they pay great Devotion : 
al! that I could obferve in paffing, was a Iquare Minaret that fpires into a 
Pyramid. About noon we faw many forfaken houfes, fbmc ruinous, and 
others not ; and that during the fpace of above two hours way, but at difian- 
EskJ-B.iidad. CCS one from another ; they call that Eski-Bagdad, the ancient Bagdad. About 
two in the afternoon we ftopt on the left hand, becaufè the wind was hiph. 
At that time fome of our company having gone a-fhoar to fit under a Tree, 
they had hardly made one ftep, when they returned with all fpeed, becaufè 
they found that the wind was Samïel, and told me that they felt the Air as it 
had been foe We ftaied there about two hours, and then wenton our way ; 
but the wind ftill continuing, and being apprehenfive that it might force us 
upon fome Bank, half an hourafter,we put a- (hoar on the fame fide. We were 
prefently vifited by the Arabs, who told us, that in the morning a Lion had 
carried away one of their Buffles ; I asked one of them, if he run away when 
he met a Lion ; God forbid, (anlwered he; ) a Man jhould ne'uer file from a 
Lion, feeing if a Lion ^ercevue that he is resolute, it will be fure to run prfi. 
We kept Guard all night long againfi: the Arabs and Lions, whofe roa- 
rings we heard every minute , as well as the noife of the KaracouUcks , 
the yelping of the Chakales, and the barking of the Arabs Dogs, 
Kjr.Kcidacks. The Karacoulacks are Beafts (bmewhat bigger than Cats, and much of the 
famefhape; they have long black ears, almoft half a foot long ; and from 
thence they have their name, which fignifies black-ear. They are the Chiaoux 
of the Lions, fas the people of the Countrey fay) for they go fome fteps 
before them, and are, as it were, their guides to lead them unto thofe places 
wher-e there is Prey, and have a fliare for their reward. When that Beaft 
calls the Lion, it feems to be the voice of a Man calling another, though the 
voice of this be a little fhriller; I vî^as told that the Karacouiack and the Leo- 
'Chakaks. p^ri were one and the fame thing. The C^^^^/ej are as big as Foxes, and have 
The Author fomcthing of a Fox, and fomethingof a Wolf, but are not Mongrels begot of 
firA Travels. ^^^^ obliged then to keep Quard both towards the Land and Water, 
as well againft Men as Beafts. Several told ftories how that many Lions had 
come to Caravans and carried away men, no body fcarcely perceiving it; 
becaufe when a Lion fwims, he hides all his Body under water except the 
Nofe, fo that he comes on fb foftly, that he is not heard; and when he is 
a-fhoar he fnatches a man, and jumping into the water with him, carries him 
over to the other fide. Whenever we heard a Fifh ftir in the water, we took 
the allarm, and that obliged us to make a fire, and fhoot off feveral Muf- 
quets, becaufè they fay the Lion is afraid of fire. About midnight we heard 
the voice of a Chakale near to us, but when we fpake it was filent ; and we all 
thought it was an Arab who had counterfeited the noife of a Chakale, that 
feeing him afterwards come creeping upon all four, we might not have been 
allarmed, for they have the cunning to do fo. A littlcobefore day a real C/^^- 
kale came within Mufquet-fhot of us, but finding it felf difcovered, fed. 
Thefe Chakales are very thieving Beafls, not only of what is fit for eatings 
but of any thing elfe they find, carrying away even Turbans fometimcs; they 
howl almoft like Dogs, one making the Treble, another the BafTe, and a 
third the Counter-Tenor ; and fo fbon as one cries, the refl.^ cry alfo, fo 
that all together they make a noife which may truly be called Dogs 
Mufick. 
Thurfday the fonrtcenth of Augufi we parted from that place at break of 
Aafihouk, t^ay, and a little after, faw on our right hand a Village called Aafchouk, and 
Maafchouk: to the left another called Maafchouk. The people of the Countrey fay, that 
thefe places are fo called becaufe in each of thofe two Villages there was in 
former times a Tower, in one of which lived a Man, who was in love with a 
Woman that lived in the Tower of the other Village, and was in like man- 
ner beloved of her. This place is the feventh Lcdgirg of ihe Caravans that 
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