150 ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS. 



custonied to pass the walls of the fort to fetch water 

 after sunset, at the dinner-hour of this officer, and 

 made so much noise that they disturbed him, so he 

 ordered them to take another path. The next evening 

 the noise recurred, and the same order was repeated the 

 next morning ; on which the women protested they had 

 gone quite another way. On the third evening, when 

 the laughing and talking were apparently recommenc- 

 ing, a serjeant sallied forth to bring the delinquents 

 into the fort; but, to his surprise, there were only 

 three hyaenas to be seen, whose imitation of human 

 sounds had deceived all those who had heard them on 

 the preceding occasions.' 



It was long supposed that the hyaena was incapable 

 of attachment ; but Mr. Burchell brought one with 

 him from South Africa to this country, which loved 

 his master, and was jealous of other animals. Colonel 

 Sykes procured one in India who followed him about 

 like a dog, played with the sailors on board ship with 

 the greatest good humour, and never forgot his first 

 owner. He was placed in the Zoological Gardens, 

 where, although Colonel Sykes^ paid him rare visits, he 

 always recognised him amidst the crowd. One day 

 when the hyaena was asleep, this gentleman suddenly 

 called him by his name. The poor beast as suddenly 

 started to his legs, looked up, rubbed his head against 

 the bars of his cage, bounded about uttering short 

 cries, looked sorrowful at Colonel Sykes when he went 

 away, and repeated these manifestations of joy when 

 he returned. 



The Spotted Hyama has been called the llycena 

 Capensis from the belief that it only inhabited Sout h 

 Africa; but it is found as frequently in Guinea as the 



