CHAPTER XXI 



The Wild Dogs of Africa 



The Hyena. — Externally, the hyenas have somewhat the aj)- 

 pearance of extremely ugly and unattractive-looking dogs. 

 They are somewhat larger than a shepherd's dog, and are 

 covered with coarse bristly hair, short over the greater part of the 



THE STRIPED HY^NA 

 A repulsive animal, but useful for removing dead animals 



body, but produced into a sort of mane along the ridge of the neck. 

 The hyena walks stealthily on its toes rather than on the flat of its paw, 

 its legs having much the same proportion as in an average dog, except 

 for the fact that the hind legs are shorter than the fore legs, so that the 



