Select Specimens of Natural History Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Volume 5
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1. 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 EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY J. RUTHVEN, FOR G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON. M.DCC.XC.2. INTRODUCTION.3. PAPYRUS.4. BALESSAN, BALM, or BALSAM.5. SASSA, MYRRH, and OPOCALPASUM.6. ERGETT Y’DIMMO.7. ERGETT EL KRONE.8. ENSETE.9. KOL-QUALL.10. RACK.11. GIR GIR, or GESHE EL AUBE.12. KANTUFFA.13. GAGUEDI.14. WANZEY.15. FAREK, or BAUHINIA ACUMINATA.16. KUARA.17. WALKUFFA.18. WOOGINOOS, or BRUCEA ANTIDYSENTERICA.19. CUSSO, BANKESIA ABYSSINICA.20. TEFF.21. Of Quadrupeds.22. RHINOCEROS.23. HYÆNA.24. JERBOA.25. FENNEC.26. ASHKOKO.27. BOOTED LYNX.28. Of BIRDS.29. NISSER, or GOLDEN EAGLE.30. BLACK EAGLE.31. RACHAMAH.32. ERKOOM.33. ABOU HANNES.34. MOROC.35. SHEREGRIG.36. WAALIA.37. TSALTSALYA, or FLY.38. EL ADDA.39. CERASTES, or HORNED VIPER.40. BINNY.41. CARETTA, or SEA-TORTOISE.42. Of PEARLS.43. INDEX.44. ERRATA.