Giraffes

Speaking of Pi p’a lo (Berbera Coast) Chau Ju-kwa (p. 128) says: “There is also (in this country) a wild animal called tsu-la; it resembles a camel in shape, an ox in size, and is of a yellow colour. Its fore legs are five feet long, its hind legs only three feet. Its head is high up and turned upwards. Its skin is an inch thick.” Giraffe is the iranised form of the arabic zurāfa. Mention is made of giraffes by Chinese authors at Aden and Mekka. Cf. Ferrand, J. Asiatique, July–August, 1918, pp. 155–158.

XXXIV., p. 422.