SELECT SPECIMENS
OF
NATURAL HISTORY,
COLLECTED IN
Travels to discover the Source of the Nile,
IN
EGYPT, ARABIA, ABYSSINIA, AND NUBIA.

ΑΙΕΙ ΦΕΡΕΙ ΤΙ
ΛΙΒΥΗ ΚΑΙΝΟΝ
Arist. Hist. Anim. Lib. 8.
VOL. V.
“AND HE SPAKE OF TREES, FROM THE CEDAR-TREE THAT IS IN LEBANON, EVEN UNTO
THE HYSSOP THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF THE WALL: HE SPAKE ALSO OF BEASTS, AND OF
FOWL, AND OF CREEPING THINGS, AND OF FISHES.”
1 Kings, chap. iv. ver. 33
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[Of PLANTS, SHRUBS, AND TREES.]
	Page
[Introduction,]	i
[Papyrus,]	1
[Balessan, Balm, or Balsam,]	16
[Sassa, Myrrh, Opocalpasum,]	27
[Ergett Y’dimmo,]	34
[Ergett el Krone,]	35
[Ensete,]	36
[Kol-quall,]	41
[Rack,]	44
[Gir Gir, or Gesh el Aube,]	47
[Kantuffa,]	49
[Gaguedi,]	52
[Wanzey,]	54
[Farek, or Bauhinia Acuminata,]	57
[Kuara,]	65
[Walkuffa,]	67
[Wooginoos, or Brucea Antidysenterica,]	69
[Cusso, or Bankesia Abyssinica,]	73
[Teff,]	76
[Of QUADRUPEDS.]
[Rhinoceros,]	85
[Hyæna,]	107
[Jerboa,]	121
[Fennec,]	128
[Ashkoko,]	139
[Booted Lynx,]	146
[Of BIRDS.]
[Nisser, or Golden Eagle,]	155
[Black Eagle,]	159
[Rachamah,]	163
[Erkoom,]	169
[Abou_hannes,]	172
[Moroc,]	178
[Sheregrig,]	182
[Waalia,]	186
[Tsaltsalya, or Fly,]	188
[El Adda,]	193
[Cerastes, or Horned Viper,]	198
[Binny,]	211
[Caretta, or Sea Tortoise,]	215
[Pearls,]	219
MAPS.
[1. General Map.]
[2. Itinerary from Gondar to the Source of the Nile.]
[3. Chart of Solomon’s Voyage to Tarshish.]