i8 4 Q_U ADRUPEDES. 
ance, and is very ugly towards the back parts : it 1 
outward appearance, it refembles a Bear. It is a 
cruel, perfidious, and ahnoft untamcable animal- 
It is found in iEthiopia. I have feen it brought to 
Cairo by vagrants, and led about to be {hewn to 
the people at the inundation of the Mile. 
2 . Sinaia JEthiops b . The ^Ethiopian Monkey. 
It is about as big as a common Cat, and is found 
in iEthiopia, whence the Negroes bring in numbers 
to Egypt. The female menltruates. It is very 
docile. 
3- Canis Vulpes e . The Fox. 
This animal is common in Palteftine ; they are 
Very numerous in the flony country about Beth- 
lehem, and fometimes make great havock among# 
the Goats. There is alfo plenty of them near the 
Convent of St. John, in the defart, about vintage 
time ; for they deftroy all the vines, unlefs they are 
ftriclly watched. 
Canis aureus d . The Jackcall. Chical of the Turks- 
There are greater numbers of this fpecies of Fo* 
to be met With than the former, particularly near 
Jaffa, about Gaza, and in Galilee. I leave others 
to determine, which of thefe is the Fox of Sample 11 ' 
It was certainly one of thefe two animals. 
Canis familiaris e . The Dog. 
The magiftrates at Leghorn in Italy have atf* 
thorny to blue out orders for killing Dogs, if thef 
b Lin. Syft. Nat. P. zS. N. 14. « P. 40. N, 4. <* P. 40. N- T 
e P* 28* N* ! < 
abound 
