Bashaws generally have an attendant with them, who carries this skin, which is cured or prepared with allum and tizra,* and assumes a white colour when it comes from the tanners. The Aoudad.— This animal is to be found o n ly in the ve ry steep and inaccessible cliffs, and in the woods and forests o f the mountains o f A tlas, south o f Marocco andin L ower Suse, except when it descends to the rivers to driuk. It throws itself from lofty precipices into the plains below, alighting generally on its horns or shoulders. None o f them have ever been caught in a state to allow o f their being kept alive, being so v e r y w ild that it is not possible to approach them without great danger. In size and colour the Aou dad is similar to a calf; it has a beautiful long mane or beard, growing from the lower part o f the neck; its teeth are v e ry strong, and indicative o f its longevity ; the horns are about twe lve inches in length, curved, o f a dark colour, and are used for various purposes. T h e only two skins o f this animal which ever came to Europe, I had the honour o f sending to the Right Honourable President o f the Royal Society ¡■j' the horns and teeth were with one o f them, which I had much difficulty in procuring from a Shelluh merchant, who having inadvertently observed to some o f his friends the interest I took in procuring it, the jealousy o f the Moors was raised, and the y conceiving it to be some rich treasure, the officers o f 'th e Custom-house obliged me to pay an enormous duty for it. N o other skin o f this hitherto undescribed animal has been brought to Europe since ; nor do I a p prehend we shall know more respecting the animal itself, w hilst the present imperfect knowledge o f A fr ic a continues. Emissa- * A shrub of Atlas used in tanning. f Sir Joseph Banks. lies, whether commercial or philosophical, to that country, should furnish themselves with a general and practical knowledge o f the Arabic language, w ithout which little progress can be expected in its discovery. The Wild Boar.— This animal, the hunting o f which affords so much sport, is b y the Arabs called E lK u n ja r .o r El Helloof; they abound in the Shelluh province o f Haha, and in Suse, where the y are called Am u re n ; they are so plentiful about Agadeer, that it is not unusual to catch two or three before m id -d a y ; one day we saw seven. T h e y will sometimes run by a group o f men without appearing at all alarmed; an instance o f which happened once, as I remember, near Agadeer, where at a pic-nic party under some high trees, some Europeans who were present were not a little alarmed at seeing two w ild hogs pass close b y th em ; but th e y never attack a person unless wounded b y him. In hunting this animal, whose strength is proverbial, the dogs should be good, and strong enough to keep him at b a y ; for i f he be fired at and* wounded b y a man on foot, he w ill immediately make up to him, i f he discovers from whence the wound was in flicted; but in the mean time he is e ither attacked b y the dogs, diverted from his object by a stratagem, or brought down b y some other shot. A boar w ill sometimes rip open the dogs as well as the horses with their tusks.; but this rarely happens when the hunt is well appointed: a strong dog o f the greyhound breed is the best and most effectual in securing this ferocious animal. T he (slogies) greyhounds o f Suse, o f the third breed, always attack the boar on the nape o f the neck, and never quit their hold. The JVimmer.— T h e w ord Nimmer may be translated Leopard; it is spotted rather than striped, and in size resembles the royal
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