to considerable attention, yet we shall not be much
surprised if he should be found to have mistaken the
shell of the calabash (which is known to be much in use
amongst the Mandingoes to the westward) for that of
the cocoa-nut, when he speaks of the latter as a common
domestic utensil at Tombuctoo, and as employed by
the natives in the composition of one of their musical
instruments.
Note 16, p. 27-
In speaking of the quadrupeds at Timbuctoo, Adams
says there are no horses. I do not recollect that he told me
this at Mogadore, but I am disposed to give credit to the
statement, from the corresponding accounts which I have
received from traders. The same opinion prevails among
the resident Moors of Barbary, who, in deriding and
reviling their Negro slaves, frequently use a proverbial
expression, implying, that “ God who had blessed the
“ Moors with horses, had cursed the Negroes with asses.”
The other animals which Adams here mentions are, in
general, the same as are described by the Arab and
Moorish traders. D.
Note 17, p. 28.
The Heines, of which Adams speaks, are doubtless the
species of camel which is known by that name in the
Desert. What I can learn with certainty respecting this
extraordinary animal (one of which I have seen at Morocco,
brought by the Arabs of Àboussebàh as a present to the
Emperor) is, that though there is scarcely any visible
difference between it and the common camel, its speed,
patience, and abstinence, are much greater; and, that
it is, on these accounts, highly prized by the Arabs. D.
There can be no doubt that Adams’s heirie is the animal
described by Leo Africanus in the following passage,
which we quote from the Latin translation before us ;
“ Tertium genus (camelorum) patriâ linguâ ragnahil
“ dictum, gracilibus exiguæque staturæ camelis, constat;
“ qui sarcinis gerendis inferiores, reliquos tanta sui per-
“ nicitate superant, ut diei unius spatio centum passuum
1 milia confidant, iter modico viatico ad dies octo vel
“ decern perpétuantes.” And Pennant’s description of the
animal accords still more minutely with the details given
by Adams. (See -Pennant’s Zool. 4to. vol. i. p. 131.)
“ There are varieties among the camels ; what is called the
dromedary, Maihary, and raguahl is very swift. The latter
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