which they find in casmeteries, but this is probably in defeft of food of more eafy accefs. T h e y
will alfo attack cattle, and frequently commit great devaftation amongft the flocks. Th o u g h
not gregarious from any principles of fociality, they fometimes aflemble in troops, and follow
with dreadful alliduity Ae movements of an army, through the hope of feafting on the fiaughtered
bodies. T h e ipecies of Hyaena which is moft common is the llriped Hyaena reprefented
on the Plate. It is of the fize of a very large Do g ; the head larger and ftronger in proportion
than that of a do g : the ears ere£t, and rather long: the muzzle very thick, ftrong, and roundifh:
the teeth large and ftout. T h e Hyaena ftands remarkably high on his fore-legs. Its
colour is a dull yellowifli grey, with tranfverfe ftreaks of brown running over the body: the
legs are alfo generally barred in the fame manner. The muzzle is commonly blackiih, and
the blacknefs extends a confiderable way up the face. The back is furniihed with a ftrong
mane, fomewhat inclined: the tail is ihort. It is evident that the Hyaena is in fome degree
allied to the Wo l f , and more remotely to the Do g . The r e is another i|)ecies of Hyaena, which
bears a confiderable refemblance to this Ipecies, but, inftead of being marked with ftripes, it
is Ipotted over the body with duiky black. It has the fame general habits with the common
kind, and, like it, inliabits defert places and rocky caverns.
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