THE FOX. $1 



to its young ; a singular instance of this occurred some 

 few years back in the county of Essex : A female, 

 possessed of but one cub, was unkennelled by a gentle- 

 man's hounds nearChelmsford, and pursued by them with 

 the utmost speed. The poor animal, at the moment 

 of their approach, instantly thought of the safety of 

 its young, and snatching it up in her mouth, fled be- 

 fore her pursuers for several miles, panting under the 

 weight of her burden, yet resolved to preserve it at 

 the hazard of her life. At length, exhausted by fa- 

 tigue and fear, she was attacked by a mastiff in a 

 farmer's yard, and, unable to support her charge any 

 longer, dropped it from her jaws at the farmer's feet, 

 who kindly saved it from the mastiff's power, whilst 

 the mother fortunately preserved her life. 



THE JACKAL. 



The jackal is diffused throughout Asia, and in many 

 parts of Africa is likewise to be found ; it ranks in Na- 

 tural History between the wolf and the dog, though 

 in form it is said to resemble the fox : like the wolf it 

 is sanguinary, fierce, and savage ; yet will approach 

 human habitations with the familiarity of a dog : its 

 cry is between a howl and a bark, and bears some re- 

 semblance to a person in distress. Jackals never seek 

 their prey alone, but combine together, forty or fifty 

 in a pack ; and have so little dread of being attacked 

 by mankind, that they will pursue the game to the 

 abode of mankind. They not only attack the living, 

 but the dead, and tear up bodies from new-made 

 graves; human flesh, indeed, is. their favourite food, 

 and when once they have tasted it, they are eternally 

 watching for a fresh supply. They hide themselves in 

 holes during the day, and break open the sacred man- 

 sions of the dead by night ; and, after dragging the 



