TIGER WOLF, OR SPOTTED HY.ENA.—Crociita maculdciu. 
line of the all-important nervous column that runs along the back, and of the great branch 
nerves which supply power and energy to the limbs. Tt will be borne in mind that the 
complicated ganglionic system of nerves that intertwines itself among the vital organs, and 
is woven into such manifold reticulations on the “ epigastrium,” is of a different character 
from the round cord-like nerves of motion, and is found mostly in those parts of the 
body where the fur is palest. 
The Tiger Wolf is celebrated for the strange unearthly sounds which it utters when 
under the “Influence of strong excitement. The animal is often called the “Laughing 
Hyena” on account of the maniacal, mirthless, hysterical laugh which it pours forth, 
accompanying these horrid sounds with the most absurd gestures of body and limbs. 
During the time that the creature is engaged in uttering these wild fearful peals of 
laughter it dances about in a state of ludic rously frantic excitement, running backwards and 
forwards, Yising on its hind legs, and rapidly gyrating on those members, nodding its head 
repeatedly to the ground ; and, in fine, performing the most singular antics with wonderful 
rapidity. 
The ancients, who had the vaguest possible ideas of the Hyzena, and considered it to 
be as fearful a foe to humanity as the lion, thought that the animal was aceustomed to 
decoy stray travellers to its den by imitating the laughter of human revellers, and then to 
kill and devour those who had been deceived by the simulated re velry. Besides the 
ordinary teeth and claws with which a Hyena was furnished, these ancient authors 
supplied the Hyzena with two additional rows of teeth in each jaw, and a supply of sharp 
darts at the extremity of the tail. The triple row of teeth was evidently borrowed from 
the shark, which is indeed a kind of marine Hyena, and the caudal darts were clearly 
adopted from the skin of the porcupine. 
