. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . It follows the flocks, ravages the fheepfold,and deftroys every thing within its reach with the molljnfatiable voracity.—Its eyes fhine in the dark •, and it isaflerted, with fome appearance of probability, tliat it canfee nearly as well by night as by day.—When deflituteof other provifions, it ranfacks the graves, and devoursputrid human bodies that have been long buried. The voice of the Hyena is very peculiar: Its begin-ning feems to be fomewhat like the moaning of a humanvoice, and the ending like one making a violent effor
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . It follows the flocks, ravages the fheepfold,and deftroys every thing within its reach with the molljnfatiable voracity.—Its eyes fhine in the dark •, and it isaflerted, with fome appearance of probability, tliat it canfee nearly as well by night as by day.—When deflituteof other provifions, it ranfacks the graves, and devoursputrid human bodies that have been long buried. The voice of the Hyena is very peculiar: Its begin-ning feems to be fomewhat like the moaning of a humanvoice, and the ending like one making a violent effort tovomit. It inhabits Afiatic Turkey, Syrb, Perfia, and Barbary.—The fuperftitious Arabs, when they kill one of them,carefully bury the head, left it lliould be applied to ma-?^ gical purpofes. The courage of the Hyena is equal to its rapacity. Itwill defend itfelf with great obftinacy againft much largerquadrupeds : It is not afraid of the Lion nor the Panther,will fometimes attack the Ounce, and feldom fails to con-quer. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 301. THE SPOTTED HYENA, OR TIGER-WOLF, Is called, at the Cape of Good Hope, the Tiger-Wolf^and is very common in that part of the world.—Sparr-man defcribes it as a cruel, mifchievous, and formidableanimal.—Its horrid yells are to be heard every night,whilft it prowls about for its prey, and lurks near farm-yards, where cattle are kept. Thefe are well defendedby Dogs, of which the Hyena, though larger and ftrong-€r, is much afraid; and will not venture an attack, un-lefs prefled by the moft urgent neceflity : Neither will itdare to feize upon any of the larger animals, fuch as Ox-en, Cows, Horfes, &c. whilft they make the leaft ap-pearance of defending themfelves, or even if they do notbetray any fymptoms of fear. It fometimes endeavoursto difperfe the cattle by its hideous roaring; after whichit feledls and purfues one of them, which it foon difablesby a deadly bite, and then devours. 302 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. Thefe ani
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