'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎442] (527/905)

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VEGETABLES AND ANIMALS. [CHAP. XVIII.
rains, which terminate a severe winter of more than six months'
duration being immediately followed by great heat, the crops
of corn, cotton, and grass are very productive. Intermittent
fevers and diseases are less common than in the plains and
valleys of the two districts lying to the south and south-west;
and the slopes of the mountains in question are peopled by a
healthy race of contented peasants, whose means and wants are
alike moderate.
Vegetables. With the exceptions of the valuable pistachio nut, abun
dantly produced round Aleppo, the adis, an excellent pea,
which is cultivated about A'zaz, Kills, &c., and the wild po
tato, 1 the vegetable productions differ but little from those of
the rest of Syria.
Wild animals. Amongst the animals, however, may be noticed the lion,
the bear, the leopard (Nimer) 2 , the hunting tiger (Faadh) 3 ,
the lynx (Wushak), the black-eared lynx (Kara Kulak), the
striped hysena, the wolf (Tib), the porcupine (Kimfud), 4 the
squirrel, the ratel, the sabel, several kinds of jerboa, the pole
cat (Eben Aarse), and the mangusta. 5
The stag 6 is met on the slopes of the Taurus, also the wild
goat, 7 and more southward the fallow-deer, 8 the roe-buck, 9
two kinds of gazelles, 10 the hare of the mountain and that of
plains, the latter of which has long hair and ears.
On the banks of the Sajur, the black wolf 11 is found, and on
those of the Euphrates the crocodile, the beaver, 12 and the
otter. 13
Tame animals. The horse, the mule, the camel, both of the Arabian and
Asiatic breed, are fine animals ; but the ordinary description
of ass is small; cows and oxen are also of inferior size, and
generally feeble, owing to their being but scantily fed. The
goat, which still holds a prominent place amongst the domes-
I The Lycoperdon. It is found eastward of Aleppo, and in still greater
abundance about Baghdad. 2 Felis pardus.
8 Felis venatica. 4 Hyxtrix.
s The Herpestes ichneumon of Olivier. 6 Cervus elaphus.
7 Capra ibex, and Capra Caucasicus. 8 Cervus dama.
8 Cervua capreolus. 10 Antilope dorcas.
II Canis lycaon. 18 Castor fiber. 13 Lutra vulgaris.