CHAPTER X
CONCERNING THE ORGANS OF GENERATION OF ANIMALS
Know, O Vizir (God's blessing be with you!), that the sexual organs of the various male animals are not analogous with the different natures of the virile members which I have mentioned.
The verges of animals are classed according to the species to which they belong, and these species are four which I have mentioned.
1. The verges of animals with hoofs as the horse, mule, ass, which verges are of large size[1]
- El remoul, the colossus.
- El kass,[2] the serpent rolled up.
- El fellag,[3] the splitter.
- El zellate, the club.
- El heurmak, the indomitable.
- El meunefoukh, the swollen.
- Abou dommar, the one with a head.
- Abou beurnita, the one with a hat.
- El keurkite,[4] the pointed staff.
- El keuntra, the bridge.
- El rezama, the mallet.
- ↑ Note in the autograph edition.—Literally, magnificent creation.
- ↑ The word kass, from the root kass, means to pierce a female; in the coitus, enwrapping her like a serpent.
- ↑ This name comes from the root felleg, to split, to divide.
- ↑ Keurkite is the name of a staff with a long, pointed ferule, as carried by the Marabouts. In some texts this name is replaced by kneurite, the Arabian name for lobster, and also for a sort of cuttle fish abounding on the African coast.
