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suite des renseignemens sur le bahr abiad
sur le fleuve ou nil blanc 1395
[sténo] takrouris [sténo]
1401
[sténo] run̄ga [sténo]
animaux 1394
is found with the zebra. he who has killed a lion wears its paw on his shield. the leopard (nemr) - the black provinces - the wobo attacks men asleep, & has not been described - nibr arrar, kind of lynx - chon ambasa or caracal - tiger cat (nibr gulgul) - wild cat (nidear dummut) - the civet (ankeso ; turing dimmo) - hyena (gib ; zibee) - (kabbaro ; wacharia) small wolf - (wolga
- cōnsul) common sort of fox ; (tokela ; wuggera) seafox -
(akul miteho) jackal ;
gazelles 1396
of antelopes (agayen) is the largest - (bohur ; weel) - (sassa) - & one as large as a hare (madoqua) - wild goat (taille budde ; ebada feel) - (witil) in the coldest parts of sömen - boar (eyreah ; arowjak akul) - porcupine (zust ; cōnfus) - (ashkoko ; gihé) kind of cavy - squirrel (shele el hehoot) - (gueréza ; faunkus) a kind of lemur giving a beautiful fur ; each skin = 0.5 th.
superstitio.
the goodie-goodie is a falcon venerated for omens.
coq 1398
a cock [sténo] car ce n'est pas honteux [sténo] [sténo] ridicule
[sténo]
a skin at Massowah holds 5 gallons ; 20 skins = 1 th. population = 2000
myrrhe 1400
l'histoire de l'arbre du myrrhe et de celui ou de ceux de la gomme Arabique sont encore pleines de mystère.
1401 sur le nil blanc
[sténo] bahr abiad [sténo] runga [sténo] [sténo] runga [sténo] bakara [sténo] Janvry, dynke pa denkane [sténo] [sténo] schilouk - senār [sténo] o runga [sténo]