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tolerable itching in the place they bit. They are 
quite different from thofe I fawat Alexandria, which 
Were as large as we have them in Sweden, but of a 
different colour, namely, alh-coloured with white 
fpots on the joints of the legs. 
_ The nth of June, I faw at Mr. Barton's, the 
^-nglilli Conful, Tamarinds which clofed their leaves 
every evening towards fun-fet. A variety of a Cat 
head, fomething more oblong than in the common 
Cats. She was of a conliderable fize, being the 
length of ffve fpans, three and a half high, a nd two and 
* quarter broad. This fort is found in Egypt. I got 
:°We information concerning Sal Annoniac, and how 
h is made in Egypt in large quantities. It is made 
^ Soot, which is gathered of the burnt dung of 
Cxen and Camels, and is carried hence in great 
quantities by the Venetians. The manner and place 
waking it is kept fecret. The Seine, a me- 
h'c-ne which is ufed in Europe, but its hiftory 
h u ' c e known, is a Lizard, found on the lhores of 
t le Nile in Egypt, and even in the houfes up in the 
pUntry. It is dried and fold to the Venetians and 
enoefe, who powder it, becaufe then more con- 
' "Went for transportation; wherefore it was difficult 
0 hnow whence this drug came. The inhabitants 
k Cgypt in general fear this animal, and few are to 
t , e found that for the fake of gain catch and fell 
^ em to the Europeans. The Egyptians ufe this 
j Pj S to excite venery, and of them the Europeans 
r) e without doubt learned to make the fame ufe 
or it. 
] ^ should mention fomething concerning the 
^Wching of Chicken in Egypt. The method the 
^ oaten ufe is extremely odd. They put the. eggs 
W er the arm pits, and have the patience to keep 
em there until they are hatched by the natural 
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