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NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA, 
5. PhacO'Coerus.-^Oi this tribe, which is very 
nearly allied to the preceding, there is but one 
species peculiar to Africa. It is described under 
the names African and ^thiopic hog, and is met 
with in different parts of Africa, as Cape Verd 
and the Cape of Good Hope. 
6. Hyrax. — There is but one species of this 
tribe known to naturalists, which is the size of a 
hare, and is frequently met with in rocky situa- 
tions in Africa. It is also met with in Syria, and 
is the saphan of the Old Testament. 
Order 7. — Palmata. 
The natural history of the palmated mammi- 
ferous animals of Africa is still very imperfect. 
Seals occur on the coasts, and occasionally in 
considerable numbers. The common seal Cphoca 
tiituUnaJ is said to occur on the coast of Bar- 
bary and at the Cape of Good Hope ; and the 
phocajubata^ or sea lion, is alleged to have been 
seen on the coasts of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Another genus of palmated mamraiferous ani- 
mals occurs at the mouths of the great African 
rivers. It is named manatus. It differs from the 
trichechiis or sea horse, or morse of the northern 
regions, in wanting the hinder feet, and being 
shaped behind like a fish ; a circumstance which 
connects it rather more with the whales than the 
morses. It forms as it were the link by which 
palmated quadrupeds are connected with the ce- 
