INDEX. 



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Hysena, the, its fierceness - 50 



. its quantity of food - 52 



. one killed by a tiger - ib. 



. the spotted, or laughing - ib' 



. capable of imitating other animals cries - 53 



. how killed at Guinea - -54 



. its cowardice and ferocity - - 55 



. instance of having seized a girl - 53 



. its horrid yells - - ib. 



. decoys dogs from a farm - - 54 



. its muscular strength - ib. 



. its nocturnal rambles - - *># 



1 & J 



Jackal, the, its size, form, &c. 



. domesticated when young - ib. 

 . its mode of hunting 



. its rapacity - - ib. 



. its nocturnal cry - - ib. 



. why called the lion's provider - 80 



. accounted stupid and indocile by Buffon - ib. 



Barbary, the, its size, color, &c. - 81 



his cunning, agility, &c. - - ib. 



. , anecdote of - ib. 



Jannequin, Claude, his description of a combat with a lion 15 



Ichneumon, the, description of - - 306 



. . anciently esteemed a deity in Egypt - ib. 



account of a lame one ... 307 



its voracity - 308 



Jerboa, the, description of - 515 



. its subterraneous habitations - - 316 



. its singular motions - - - ib. 



. how hunted by the Arabs - 317 



, easily tamed - ib. 



. . *its manners in confinement - - 318 



. time oi' the female's parturition - 319 



