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it the Mountain Dormoufe. (See his cotes de Barbarie. Moncony t'appette Loir 
Travels into Egypt, p. 288, German edi- de Monteigne, duns fin Voyage d’Egypte-b 5 
tion.) In Del Teforo Britannico delineate et il eji reprefente et deceit fius le nom de 
edeferitte da Nicola Francefco Hamy Ro- Jerbua dans le Lrefor de Homy §. On le ■ 
mano, it is figured and delcribed by the trouve reprefente par C. Le Brim, dans fin- 
name Jerbua, vol. II. p. 124, 125. It is Voyage du Levant, ou il le nomme Gerbo II. 
nguied by C. Le Brun, in his \ oyage to Cclut-ci cippartenoit a Mr, Scarlet , Opticien y 
the Levant. (See the Englilh Edition, fol. pres S. Anne, Wefimitifler, aid. me permit. 
chap. LXXVIII. page 287, plate 210.) de la dejfiner. Mr. Blew, Bibliothecaire 
He calls it by the name Gerbo. This ani- du < Temple Interieur y enavoit eu im auJR ; il. 
mal was the property of Mr. Scarlet, Opti- en avoit confierve la peau retnbourree, qu. il. 
cian, near St. Ann s Church, Weftminfter, me preta pour 1 examiner. On dit que cet 
who permitted me to take a drawing of it. animal ria qu' une feule iffue comme les 
Mr. Blew, Librarian to the Inner Temple, oifeaux ; mais c'ejl ce que je ne fiaurois af~ 
alfo had one of them fome time fince, the furer, n'ayant pu manier I animal vivant. 
It lifted fkm of which he lent me to exa- compie il I'auroit fallu pour cet effet, parce 
mine. It is faid to have one vent only, as qu il mord, quand on le tient Jerre •, mais. 
in birds; but this I cannot affirm, as I d’ailleurs c eft, a ce qui paroit, line bete tres 
could not conveniently handle the living douce. Il fie nourrit, comme les lie’vres et les 
animal, which would bite when held faft. lapins, de grains et d'herbes de diverfes 
It feems. to be a very harmlefs creature, and firtes. Il efi plus fiauvage, et fe tient plus 
feeds much in the fame manner that rab- renfierml dans fa loge en plein jour que - 
bets and hares do, eating corn and herbs of vers le fioir ; alors il s' emancipe, fort et fau- 
many forts. It is more fhy, and keeps tille plus famililrement et avec plus d'alfu - 
clofer to its hutch in the day-time, than in ranee par la chambre oil on le tient ; ce qui 
the dufk of the evening, when it ventures me porte d croire que cell naturellement un 
forth, and hops more familiarly, and with animal noAurne. Mr. Scarlet le garda deux 
left fear, about the room where it is kept; ou trois. am en vie, et puis ilmourut. La 
which inclines me to believe it is naturally fiourrure en Itoit fort moelleufie, et le cuir 
a nocturnal animal. It lived, I think, two fort mince.- Mr. Shaw, M. D appel/e cet 
or three years with Mr. Scarlet, and then animal Jerboa, on Terboa-, ou en. trouve im 
died. Its furr was very foft and the fkih ample ditail dam fes Voyages du Levant et 
extremely thin. Dr. Shaw calls this animal en Barbarie + Il paroit qu'.il s' efi trompi. 
Jerboa, or Yerboa. (See a farther account en nedonnant que trois orteils aux pates de de- ' 
of it in his Travels to . Barbary and the Le- vant, et quatre d cedes de derr, ire, puis que - 
vant, p.248,249.) He feems to be mif* j'ai vu qu' il en itoit autrement. Je nai 
taken, in giving it only three toes on the fore point d'eouvert de tetits erann „„ . 
nuic toes on me uiuucr legs 1 oio not unco- avec un Join particular. Il dit qu Us font 
verin either of the two fubjedts which I have communs fur la cote de Barbarie) et qu'ils 
examined, though J purpofely fought for f e l Q g ent j ous terre% 
them. He fays they are common on the 
coaft of Barbary j and that they burrow in 
the earth. 
Fran celco Hamy Romano, tom. II. p. 124, 125. 
|| Voy. 1 ’ edition Angloife, folio, chap. LXXVIII, pa^. 28. 7s , 
t Voyage d'Egypte, edit. d’AUemagne, p. 288.S 
§ Vid. Thefauio Britannico delineate e deferitte da Nicola 
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