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tirely of a dirty ochraceous colour, transversely 

 barred with several blackish streaks, the broadest 

 on the shoulders and hams; the tail, forming a scanty 

 brush about ten inches long, was dark at the base 

 and white at the tip ; the face covered with short 

 hair, sooty from the nose to the eyes ; and the limbs, 

 similarly covered, had numerous blackish rings up- 

 on them ; the ears broad and long are pointed, and 

 dark on the outside. 



There is reason to believe this variety to be the 

 erocuta of the ancients, whose jaws were filled with 

 one continued tooth, and notwithstanding the powers 

 possessed by it, Bruce relates no facts to show there 

 is much disposition to attack mankind, but, on the 

 contrary, proves that it roamed about with the pre- 

 cautions of a thieving jackal. We figure this variety 

 from the specimens sent to Frankfort by M. Ruppel. 



The Facasse of Madagascar is said to be an 

 hya3na: but no recent notice occurs in the narra- 

 tives and private papers within our reach where the 

 animal is mentioned. 



The Hyaena of Persia and India (Kaftaar and 

 Hoondar of these countries) is not larger than a 

 powerful dog ; it has the snout fuller and shorter 

 than the former, the ears in proportion larger, and 

 equally pointed. They are of a dull purple, the 

 long hair more abundant, and the colour a dirty 

 whitish with black bars. The same variety, under 

 the name of Dubbak, is found in Arabia and Syria : 

 the Turks name it Dabba. 



Another, evidently of this race, is 



