JERBOA. 
Inhabits AEgypt, Barbary , Paleftine , the deferts 
between Balfora and Aleppo: as lingular in its 
motions as in its form : always Hands on its hind 
feet; the fore feet performing the office of 
hands : runs fail j and when purfued, jumps live or 
fix feet from the ground : burrows like rabbets: 
keeps clofe in the day, lively during night: feeds 
on vegetables: has great ftrength in its fore feet. 
Two that were living laft winter in London , burrowed 
almoft through the brick wall of the room they were 
in ^ came out of their hole at night for food, and 
when caught were much fatter and flecker than 
•when confined to their box : eaten by the Arabs 
The fpecies defcribed by Mr. Edwards feems only 
to be a variety of this, with a black band crofs the 
upper part of the thighs. Doflor Sbaw mentions a 
fpur placed about an inch above the toes of the hind 
feet *, which was wanting in thefe 3 as well as in Mr. 
Edwards's. 
Cunictilus pumilio fattens cauda da anomola longiffima. Brijfon 
Lbfigiffima. Nov. Com. Petr op. V. quad. 103. 
^51, tab. ix. Jig. 1. Flying hare. Strahlenberg s hip. 
Cunieulus pumilio fallens, cau- Rufs. 370. 
J. with very long tranfparent narrow ears : long 
whifkers: five toes on the fore feet, three on the 
hind feet pointing forward, and a fourth behind, 
about an inch above the heel: color of the upper 
* Pr. Alpin. -&gypt, I- 232. The Arabs call it the Lamb of the 
Children of Sfrad. Bo chart thinks this animal the Sapban of Holy 
Writ, and difplavs a vaft deal of learning on the fubjedl. Vide 
Hierozokon.; lib , .lii, c. 33 . p. 1001 , 
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