B otakt.
^Zoology.
a t feetpare far fuperbr to the reft: o f thf cottn^* | Here ettldva.
tioif and nature fe'em to.feohtend with each fcth©? -ip the4 bhh<?ff i«f
produ&ions % ,non,is* k eafy to affign exaftly the limits of-each : -roany
o fJ ^ fn t ia n a n d Perfitm piaqt^ldiftinguifhed
have been tranfported hither in former ages^and^are now found in a
touly, indigenous Rate ; .this is probably the, cafe w.ith>the-tapaannd>*the
cotton Vtree,- the pomegranate, -the. banyan tree or. Indian fig,' tlj^fngar
pane,and a multitude, o f valuable -fpedea and varieties, qf .pjetons^nd
gourds. Two-Valuable trees however are the .peculiar boaff o f 4 srjJlia
le lix , namely, the coffee <coff«a Arabiica), found b$ h cultivateciaad
wild, a n d th e amyris .opobaMamum, from which*,is procured thp balm
o f Meepa/ the moft fragrant and coftly o f ajl,4l^;gumjrpfins. T^iere
are no proper forefts in^rabia, although groves and,/ca^e^d t ^ a r e
by no means unfrequent among .the-mountains. „O f the palm.s,^tjpof-
feffes the date, the cocoa nut, and the great fan .palm. The fy cam o re^ ,
the. plantain, the almond and apricot, the papaw, the beS.ds?trfe, ^ e
mimofa nilotica and fenfitiva, and the orange,, nearly c om p lp a tth ^ ta -
iogue o f its native* and cultivated trees. Th e jirf p£,ihrUb.s,a-i4 %rba-
ceous plants does not contain many that would tg |t|,e
general reader : among thefe however may be
nus, the liquorice, send the fenna, all ufed in medicine ; andthe balfatn,
the globe amaranth, the white lily, and the greater pancratium,, diffin-
ghifhed for their beauty and fragrance. c r
The horfeis the gldry of Arabian zoology. According to Zimm'Cr-
man this animaT is found wild .in the extenfiVe;'defertk- on the'N.
of Hadramaut;3 at leaft fuch may have been the cafe in ambient
times, if it be not rather probable that'the wild horfe of Tatary‘has
paffed through Perfia, and only been perfe&ed in.ATabrar They, are
here divided into two great claffes, the K a d ijh i, or common kind,
whofe genealogy has not been preferved; and the KocNml, 6r nQb\e
horfes, whofe breed has been afcertained for two thoufand- yearr;'pro-
ceding, as they fable, from the flails of Solomon. Thefe will bear the
greateft fatigues, and pafs whole days without foody living on air, to
ufe the Arabian metaphor. They are faid to ruth on a foe with ifn-
3 Zdologia Geographica, 1777, 4to. p. 140 from Leo Afi'ie. ,
petuofity;
petuofity 5 and' it is* alferted that lome‘bf this noble race, when wounded Zoology.
irf ba'ftfe, Will withdraw lo-alif^t^herp.theH: .m-afferi may be’feature r
and if he fa-H they will nei^h/ >&r'at^ftance. - f.fEjie Kochlarii are neither
HSgje^or'-beautiful,^nor isjtheir figure at alj^ regarded; their race, and
hereditary qualities*b|ingj, th e foie ipbje^fcsut'pf 'eftitpatign.i They are- •
chieflyrearedby the-Beduins» in tfap 'i^of theta - dfeferts «between > Perfia,
andSyfia.'1 The prpfef vatiartof the breed- isjteareftdly ajpd-authentically
witneffed; and the’offspring of a Kochlani Jft'allion/ with’an ignoble mare
Arabian {feeds, are -fopietigaes hatoght at ,ex-
ggffivei fettes^by'the Englifh at Mocha. . Th£re;|s|{f^b in4bi$jpunt,ry
afiiperior' breed of aifbs1, approaching- in form,and qu^tities.toj- mu]e,-,
and fold at high prices.
I This rqgi'ons,* on Africa, feetns alfp the^nat^}, coup tty, ofy,tpe catae^i
emphatically ftyled by the orientals thejihi^oJ^^iq^l^tte^eing/by
the'.expanfionnof its-feet» the faculty,.of,beaming^tlj|rft and: hunger»,,
and ether Equalities,npqculiarly,adapted by'jthe{authpr'o£ nature ijo per-
fin dy waftes., which would pjtherwife jepiai1a:jqnpaffable..
Niebuhr'obferved .camels ,of.different iinds» and. feepjs to decide the
queftion concerning , .the .dromedary, by,-fayifig;,$hat, this 'antmaLln
Arabiapand: Egypt. has\ always one hunch, q’t^y,* sfn^gant.otherjWife
fcareely bediftinguifhed! from the camel,Aut in,j3edqg more light- and
fpeedy. i As s to dsrombdariesr with two^ huqghe,§ J never faw any,
exeepti-three im a town o f h&toliap.and they had be,en brought from, the
.'e^Btkr^hieyt^aseti&^big: .-and- heayy.that they might rather he ranged
under1 a ^aEtieulanfpefiie& of camels»’ than of dronjedaries. * t
► •’The^btrffdlo feems fiiiknown^'beingan.animal whifh^el,^g^ts’^n mud:
and’-water.;, hut ther cattle 'have'generally, a hunch'on the fhpulden.
The1 breed' ,of fheCp -has not beqn particularly illustrated ;,butpt wfqu|f|
appear that hoth-the wool,and .mutton, axe,,cparfe.- The, rpckjgpat is faii|
to be’found in. the -mountains of Arabia Petrea* The^^ther, ..animals-
are the,:j‘akkal*:'pfj!§hacal | the hyena towards t^ietPerfi^n. gqlf^. .numerous
mg&kieS: in the ym©ds,,of Yemen; th eje rb y ^ ^ r ijat;of,Pharaoh
in 'Neged t : thpi;« are. alfo -antelopes, and-wi^d) oxen,,,wjth foxes»
and.,wild! hoars,; and. the J^urge panther^called., in ^ a h j |f nm er* and,. •,
SQIpiebuh*, 145.
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