CARNARIA. CARNIVORA. 



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JACKAL (Cam's Aureus), 



preaching the Foxes. It inhabits the whole of Af- 

 rica and Southern Asia, and is probably the Fox of 

 the sacred writings. They hunt in packs during the 

 night, but being very cowardly often content them- 

 selves with carrion. In company with the Hyaena, it 

 tenants the ruined palaces of Western Asia, whence 

 its appalling shriek continually ascends as it prowls 

 around the mouldering walls, realizing the fearful 

 picture of desolation so vividly drawn by the pen of 

 inspiration : " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, 

 the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as 

 when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It 

 shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in 

 from generation to generation ; neither shall the 



