Notes relating to the manners and customs of the Crim Tatars; written during a four years' residence among that people. With plates / By Mary Holderness.

  • Holderness, Mary.
Date:
1821
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Credit: Notes relating to the manners and customs of the Crim Tatars; written during a four years' residence among that people. With plates / By Mary Holderness. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    grey in winter, but never white, as in the north of Russia, and Poland. The wild rabbit does not exist in the peninsula. The most remarkable animal of the Crimea is the jerboa, which is an inhabitant of the open plains. During* my residence at Karagoss, two English gentlemen observed one of these little creatures running and jump- ing on the Stepp, near our garden. They followed with a determination to catch it; but after chasing it in many directions for about an hour, one of them returned home for a dog to assist them, while the other remain- ed in order to keep the jerboa in sight. Even with this additional force, they