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friends, and the perufal of a few fele6l books, were 
the amufement of the evening of his life; and now 
and then he made an excurfion to feme of the prin¬ 
cipal cities in England. * 
During his recefs, he delineated fome fcarce ani- 
mals> particularly the Siyah Ghujh, ^ or black ear; an 
engraving 
As the remainder of my life will be fpent chiefly in retirement, I beg 
leave to return my mod grateful acknowledgments to the nobility, gentry, 
and public in general, for all their favours and generous fupport during 
the tedious Period of all my publications; and I am, with the greated 
truth and refpeft,, 
their faithful, and obliged humble fervant, 
GEORGE EDWARDS. 
* Particularly to Bri/lol, Bath, Exeter, and Norwich . 
•f* A fpecies of Cat with a long face and fmall head, long black ears, very 
hairy, nofe reddifh, body reddifh brown, tail long, belly and bread; in¬ 
clined to white. 
Dr. Shaw, p, 175 of his travels, fays the Arabic, Perfian, and Turkish 
names of this animal fignify the black ear'd Cat . In the night, when all the 
beajls of the foreft do move , thefe as well as other wild quadrupeds are 
prowling after fuftenance ; and when the fun arifeth , and the Lion getteth 
away to his den , both the black Cat and the Jackall have often been found 
gnawing fuch carcafes as the Lion is fuppofed to have fed upon the night 
before. It is a native of Perfa, India , and Barbary , and may be rendered 
tame and ufeful in the Chace. Dr. Charleton mentions that one kil¬ 
led 
