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drawing is given by Mr. Barrow. This I believe was first described 
by Mr. Sparman. I myself never met with it alive, as it frequents 
only the low comitries bordering on the Funge, or the wild forests of 
Wojjerat; but I procured several sets of the horns, fastened together by a 
portion of the skin ; M^hence it appears that they have no connection what- 
ever with the bone of the head, a fact which gives a considerable degree of 
credibility to the notion generally received among the natives of Africa, 
that this animal possesses a power of depressing or raising the horns at will, 
Bruce ridicules Sparman for mentioning this circumstance; but as the 
drawing given by the former is evidently very incorrect,* no great weight 
can be attached to his opinion. This animal is sought after by the hunters 
on account of the skin, which is much used in Arabia for shields ; as also 
for its horns, which form a valuable article of barter throughout the East, 
being in great demand for making handles to swords and daggers. From 
the generally small size of the horns which are exported, it seems that 
the natives seldom kill the animal when at its full growth ; Mr. Pearce has 
lately sent me one pair, however, the foremost of which measured two feet 
in length, and this was considered as the largest ever seen at Antalo. 
The buffalo, (goshee, T. gosh, A ,) is common in the forests of Ras el 
Fil. Its skin is employed for the purpose of making shields, in the construc- 
tion of which much art is displayed; and a handsome ooe^ well shaped and 
seasoned, will sell in the country for four and five dollars. 
The Zebra, or Zecora, is found chiefly in the southern provinces. The 
mane of this animal is in great demand for making a particular kind of col- 
lar, which is fixed on state days, as an ornament, round the necks of the war- 
horses belonging to the chiefs. The privilege of wearing this ornament 
appears to be confined to only a few of the principal men, which may 
perhaps, however, only proceed from its scarcity. The wild ass, possibly 
the Quacha, (erge gudam^ T. — ^ebuda hiyah, A.) is found in the same 
districts as the Zecora. 
Lions, (ambasa, T. A.) are occasionally to be met with in the sandy 
districts bordering on the Tacazze, and the killing one of them confers 
* The drawing of Mr, Bruce appears to have been copied from BufFon's one-horned 
jhinoceros, and to have had the second horn annexed to it, as the two-horned rhinoceros, 
wants the folds In the skin which are there ffiven. 
