2* THE KATURAL HISTORY 



from half an .inch to an inch and a half in diameter; 

 its colour is yeilowishvvhite; according to the ac- 

 count of Mr. Buckland it was identified by the 

 Keeper of the Menagerie at Exeter-change, as 

 resembling both in form and appearance that of the 

 spotted or Cape Hyaena, which he stated to be 

 greedy of bones beyond all other beasts under his 

 care ; having been analized it has been found to 

 contain phosphate of lime, carbonate of lime, and a 

 very small portion of the triple phosphate of ammo- 

 nia, and magnesia, and retains no animal matter. 



As this work professes to give an account of a deu 

 once inhabited by Hyaenas, as the principal masters 

 of the place, it may be acceptable to the reader, 

 if we give some particulars of the natural history 

 of that animal, which we have collected from 

 authentic sources. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 

 HYAENA. 



THE HYJENA is found in Asiatic Turkey, Syria, 

 Persia, and in some parts ot Africa, especially Bar- 

 bary and Abyssinia. It is an animal of the dog kind, 

 which it in many respects resembles, although too 

 strongly marked to be strictly reduced to any type. 

 It is nearly of the size of a Wolf, and has some 

 similitude to that animal in the shape of its head and 

 body ; the head at first sight does not appear to dif- 

 fer, except that the ears of the Hyaena are longer 



