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great honour upon a chief, giving him the privilege of wearing its paw 
upon his shield,* Its skin is afterwards formed into a dress, very similar 
to that worn by the KafFer chiefs in the neighbourhood of the Cape of 
Good Hope, though more richly ornamented. 
vSeveral species of the leopard tribe are found in the country. The 
common one is called nimeer in Tigre, nibr in Amharic — ^the second is 
the black leopard (gussela, T. and A.) ; the skin of which fetches a high 
price in the country, and is worn only by governors of provinces- — the third, 
(muntillut T. wobo A.) appears to be an unknown species, and is said to 
be very fierce, occasionally carrying away children, and even men, when it 
accidentally finds them asleep : its face is described as resembling the human 
countenance. Of the lynx kind may be mentioned one nearly allied to 
the common lynx, (nibre arrar T.) — the lion cat, or caracal, (chon arabasa, 
T.), — the tiger cat, or grey lynx, (nibre gulgul, T. ;) — and the wild cat, 
(akul dimmo T. yedeer dimmut A.,) of which a drawing is given by Mr. 
Bruce ; to these may be added the zibet, (turing dimmo,i" T. ankeso, A.) 
which produces a quantity of civet that constitutes a considerable article of 
commerce. 
Of the dog kind may be enumerated, the hyaena, (zibee, T. gib, A. ;) — a 
small species of wolf, (wacharia, T. kabbaro, A. ;) — a common sort of fox, 
(consul, T. wolga, A. ;) — the sea-fox, (wuggera, T. tokela^ A,) ; and the 
jackal, (akul mitcho, T. michsel chitlo^ A.) which last is an animal exceed-, 
ingly destructive to poultry. 
A great variety of the antelope kind is to be met with. The largest of 
these are the " kudoo," (agayen, T.) found also in the interior of the Cape ; 
— -the harte-beest, (wee'l, T. bohur. A.) the spring-bok, (sassa, T. ) and 
another very small species, little bigger than a hare, found commonly also 
at the Cape and Mosambique, called in Tigre " madoqua." Besides these 
are the wild goat, (taiile budde, T. ebada fe-el. A.) and another species of 
antelope (witil, T.) probably allied to the chamois, which is found on the 
highest parts of the cold and mountainous districts of Samen, 
Several species of monkey abound throughout the wilder districts, the 
Some similar custom to this probably first gave rise to the idea of quartering heraldic 
arms. 
t This animal is erroneously said in BufFon to be called Kankan, in Ethiopia. 
