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APPENDIX 
No. IV. 
I HAVE endeavoured in this Appendix to give a concise view of the ani- 
mals indigenous to Abyssinia, and I have added the lists of a considerable 
number of rare birds and plants, which I discovered in the course of my 
travels in that country. 
The animals domesticated throughout the kingdom consist of oxen, sheep 
(of a small black species), goats, horses, mules, asses, and a few camels. 
Two different species of dogs are commonly met with, one of which, like 
the paria dog of India, owns no particular master, but is attached in packs 
to the different villages ; and the other is a strong and swift animal em- 
ployed in the pursuits of the chase. The latter from its earliest age is 
taught to run down its game, especially guinea-fowls, and it is astonish- 
ing how expert it becomes in catching them, never for an instant losing 
sight of the birds, after it has once started them from their haunts. Tame 
cats are likewise to be found in every house in Abyssinia. 
Th6 wild animals, called Ansissa Gudam, inhabiting the forest or " bar- 
raka," form a very numerous tribe, of which a concise list, with their names 
in Tigre and Amharic, may tend to convey a* sufficiently accurate idea. 
The elephant, (armaz, T. zohan, Amh.) is found in all the forests bor- 
dering on Abyssinia, and is commonly hunted by the Shangalla for the sake 
of its teeth. 
The camelopard, (zeratta, T. jeratta ketchin. A.) is an animal rarely to 
be met with, owing to the shyness of its nature, and from its frequenting 
only the interior districts uninhabited by man. Its gkin forms an article of 
barter in some of the provinces, and an ornament made of the hair plucked 
from the tail is commonly fastened to the butt-ends of the whips, used by the 
inhabitants for the purpose of brushing away flies, which are exceedingly 
troublesome during the hot season. The whips themselves are formed out 
of the skirj of the hippopotamus, and are called " Hallinga." 
The only species of Rhinoceros, (arwe haris, T. aweer haris, A.) which 
I could hear of, vvas the two-horned rhinoceros, similar to that found in 
the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope ; of which a very admirable 
