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CHAP. 28. (19.)—THE CHAMA, AND THE CEPUS.
ОглавлениеIt was at the games of Pompeius Magnus that the chama1709 was first exhibited; an animal called rufius by the Gauls; having the figure of a wolf, with the spots of the pard. There were also exhibited some animals from Æthiopia, which they called by the Greek name, κήποι,1710 the hinder extremities of which resembled the human feet and legs, while the fore-feet were like hands. These animals have not been seen at Rome since that time.