. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 36 MAMMALIA. [Chap. I. to observe whether anything more powerful than him- self may be at hand, from which he might encounter the risk of being despoiled of his capture. If the coast be clear, he returns to the concealed carcase, and carries it away, followed by his companions. But if a man be in sight, or any other animal to be avoided, my informant has seen t
. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 36 MAMMALIA. [Chap. I. to observe whether anything more powerful than him- self may be at hand, from which he might encounter the risk of being despoiled of his capture. If the coast be clear, he returns to the concealed carcase, and carries it away, followed by his companions. But if a man be in sight, or any other animal to be avoided, my informant has seen the jackal seize a coco-nut husk in his mouth, or any similar substance, and fly at full speed, as if eager to carry off his pretended prize, returning for the real booty at some more convenient season. They are subject to hydrophobia, and instances are frequent in Ceylon of cattle being bitten by them and dying in consequence. An excrescence is sometimes found on the head of the jackal, consisting of a small horny cone about half an inch in length, and concealed by a tuft of hair. This the natives call narric-comboo; and they aver that this " Jackal's Horn " only grows on the head of the. # JACKAL'S SKULL AND HORN. leader of the pack.' Both the Singhalese and the Tamils regard it as a talisman, and believe that its for- ' In the Museum of the College pital; and I have placed along of Surgeons, London (No. 4362 a), with it a specimen of the homy there is a craniimi of a jackal sheath, which was presented to which exhihits this strange os- me by Mr. LavaUiere, the late dis- seous process on the super-occi- trict judge of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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