Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . RUINS OF AN AQUEDUCT AT ANAZARBA : FROM A SKETCH BY MR. E. B. B. BARKER. CHAPTER XVI. NATURAL HISTORY—ZOOLOGY. THE OUXCE THE LYKX—BEARS—HYENAS, WOLVES, AND JACKALS THE FOX HAKES—FALLOW DEER—WHITE GAZELLE (gHAZAl)—GREYHOUNDS— GHaIK, OR IBEX. There are different species of wild animals in the moiintaiiis of Cilicia,among which we may note the ounce, the skin of which is much esteemedby the Tiirks, who use it chiefly to cover their saddles.* I sa
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . RUINS OF AN AQUEDUCT AT ANAZARBA : FROM A SKETCH BY MR. E. B. B. BARKER. CHAPTER XVI. NATURAL HISTORY—ZOOLOGY. THE OUXCE THE LYKX—BEARS—HYENAS, WOLVES, AND JACKALS THE FOX HAKES—FALLOW DEER—WHITE GAZELLE (gHAZAl)—GREYHOUNDS— GHaIK, OR IBEX. There are different species of wild animals in the moiintaiiis of Cilicia,among which we may note the ounce, the skin of which is much esteemedby the Tiirks, who use it chiefly to cover their saddles.* I saw a lynxAvhich had been caught in Mount Taurus, but it died after a few monthsof an inveterate mange, which communicated itself to all the domesticanimals in the mansion, and was so virulent that even the fowls died ofit. This malady in this incurable state seems to be as indigenous toTarsus as the fever of the place, which I consider worse than any other:inasmuch as, firstly, it carries off the patient in three days (unless copiousbleeding is had recourse to); and secondly, that it is almost impossibleto eradicate it out of the sys
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