HYENAS AND JACKALS 



Their habits are nocturnal. They dislike the heat 

 of the day, and cannot stand it well, as I had occasion 

 to observe when I took some with me on my return to 

 the coast ; they could hardly keep pace with the caravan 

 on its march through the sunny steppe. On cloudy 



VULTURES NEAR THE CAMP 



days they may be seen abroad even in the late afternoon, 

 1 )ut commonly they spend the day in the shade of bushes, 

 in holes, caves, and under rocks, sallying forth only at 

 night singly, in pairs, or in small troops in search of 

 food . 



Several times in the spring I found young hyenas in 

 litters of three or four. The old hyenas bring i)art of 



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