Cooks Voyages Round the World for Making Discoveries Towards the North And Sou
Cooks Voyages Round the World for Making Discoveries Towards the North And Sou
Cook, James, 1728-1779
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The first, the Dutch call the civet cat, not that it is really the animal of that' name, but because of the fine scent of the skin. The next the tyger cat, from its being spotted like a tvger. Thf; third the mountain cat, which resembles those of Europe. The fourth is the blue cat, having a fine tinge, with a beautiful red list down its back. Many jackalls, ermines, baboons, monkeys, &c. Are found about the Cape, and Ir/quently do great mischief in the gardens. The porcupine is very com- nrion,... and its fiesh esteenied delicious. There are two sorts of wild asses, one of which is a beautiful creature, called the - zebra, and is liker to an horse than an ass; its legs are fine, has a twi'^fed tail, round fleshy haunches, and a smooth skin. The females are white and black, and the males white and brown. — The colours are streaked in an admirable manner, so as 144 cAPTAXN; cook's 5^s to appear to a distant beholder, as if covered with ribbons. A great variety of birds and fowls are found at the Cape, both wild and tame.
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