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CHAP. XXII.]
WILD AND TAME ANIMALS.
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or five days' journey from the extreme limits of Syria, there
are traces of former husbandry. 1
The wild animals of Arabia are the lion, the bear, the Enumeratiou
panther, 2 the hunting leopard, or faad of the Arabs, 3 another ^ a ^ ld ani "
kind of leopard, 4 and the reed cat, 5 also the lynx, 6 the striped
hyena, 7 and a white variety of the same species, 8 the jackall, 9
the wolf, and the black wolf, 10 the porcupine, hedgehog, wild
cat, and polecat, foxes, 11 wild boars, rock goats, gazelles, hares,
and rabbits (on the borders of Mesopotamia) ; to these must
be added the otter, beaver, ratel, sabel, and jenet; the Alpine
marmot, the jerboa, pale-brown or Egyptian, the Sarmatian
weasel, the Norway rat, and monkeys without tails, in the
forests in the south of Arabia and in the province of Aden ; 12
also the wild horse, the wild dog, and a kind of wild cow, 13
in the country adjoining the district of Jof, between Tobeik
Sanan, and Kedrush; and to the south of these places the
wild ass is found in great numbers. The Sherarat Arabs
hunt them, and eat their flesh, but not before strangers. 14
Among domestic animals, owing to its great importance. The camel,
the first place must be given to the camel, a creature admi
rably suited for traversing boundless plains and deserts, not
only from the peculiar construction of his feet, but owing
to the valuable property of possessing a second stomach, or
rather a kind of cell or separation, which is sufficiently capa
cious to retain water for many days, his food being carried in
another part of the stomach. A kind of dough called maabouk,
consisting of chaff and barley, or barley meal and chopped
straw, some of the seed of cotton being usually added, is made
into a sort of loaf, about three pounds weight, and forced
down his throat; and with this food, in addition to the grass
1 Burckhardt's Bedawin and Wahhdbi, p. 126.
B Felis pardus; several of these animals were seen in one day's ride near
the foot of the Taurus. 3 Felis venatica.
4 Felis pardina. 5 Felis chaus. 6 Lutra vulgaris. .
7 Castor jiber. 8 Epermophilus citillus. 9 Cricetus vulgaris.
10 Canis lycaon. 11 Canis corsae, and Canis vulpis.
14 Niehbuhr's Travels in Arabia, vol. II., p. 325 ; Heron's translation.
ls The district of Jof is 15 days from Damascus—Burckhardt's Bedawin
and Wahhdbi, p. 31. u Ibid., p. 125.