Animals* 



The carnivorous animals are, in gen- 

 eral, confined to their retreats during the 

 day, and commit their depredations by 

 night ; when the forest resounds with the 

 tremendous roar of the Lion, the hide- 

 ous yell of the Tiger ; the barking of the 

 Jackal; the dismal cry of the Hyaena; 

 and the hissing of the Serpent. Most 

 of these kinds of animals take their prey 

 by surprise from some ambush, where 

 they lay in wait, more than by a regular- 

 pursuit. There are some, however, which 

 pursue in companies, mutually encoura- 

 ging each other by their cries, as the Jack- 

 al, Syagush, Wolf, and Dog. Carnivorous 

 animals will sometimes devour the lesser 

 rapacious species ; but they generally pre- 

 fer the flesh of granivorous creatures, and 

 commit their devastations among the 

 peaceful domestic flocks and herds. The 

 most defenceless creatures have different 

 methods of providing for their safety* 

 Some find protection in the holes they 

 form in the earth ; others are enabled to 

 escape their pursuers by flight ; others 

 again unite for their mutual defence, and 

 gain, by numbers, what they want indivi- 

 dually in strength ; and, lastly, other? 

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