li UNTIN G-DOG. —Z?/cdo?i vendticus. 



The Hunting-Dog, or HiiENA-DoG as it is often called, is an inhabitant of 

 Southern Africa, where it bands together in great numbers, and procures its prey 

 oy fairly hunting it down. This animal is not unfrequently found to prefer 

 the easy task of attacking a sheepfold or a cattle-pen to the more laborious 

 though more legitimate pursuit of prey in the open country. In such a case, it 

 does terrible damage in a single night, and the owner of flocks and herds will 

 sometimes find when he visits his cattle in the morning that many of them have 

 grieviously suffered from the inroads of these hungry animals. 



The Hunting-Dogs are always very cautious in their approach when they are 

 dealing with oxen, horses, or other powerful animals ; but when they choose to 

 make an onslaught upon a flock of sheep they use no precaution, and rush boldly 

 to the hazardless enterprise. They are peculiarly addicted to biting off the tails 

 of oxen, causing therel^y no small present suffering, and very great future 

 inconvenience. 



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