WOLVES. 



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second meal on an animal which he has slain. Sometimes, it is said, 

 the Jackal does provide the Lion with a meal by becoming a victim to 

 the hungry animal in default of better and more savory prey. 



Jackals (O 



unis aureus] 



The name of "aureus," or "golden," is derived from the yellowish 

 tinge of the Jackal's fur. In size it rather exceeds a large fox, but its 

 tail is not proportionately so long or so bushy as the well-known 

 " brush " of the fox. 



WOLVES. 



Few animals have earned so widely popular or so little enviable a 

 fame as the Wolves. Whether in the annals of history, in fiction, in 

 poetry, or even in the less honored but hardly less important litera- 

 ture of nursery fiibles, the Wolf holds a prominent position among 

 animals. 



There are several species of Wolf, each of which species is divided 

 into three or four varieties, which seem to be tolerably permanent, and 

 by many observers are thought to be sufficiently marked to be consid- 

 ered as separate species. However, as even the members of the same 

 litter partake of several minor varieties in form and color, it is very 

 possible that the so-called species may be nothing more than very 



