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The striped hj-fena will not unfrequently cany off sheep and goats as well as 

 dogs. Mr. Blanford states that he has never known instances of larger prey 

 being taken : and he supports this statement by mentioning that the live 

 animals, tied up so frequently as baits for tigers and leopards, are never 

 molested by hyanas, which are undoubtedly in the constant habit of banqueting 

 on carcases of animals killed by those cats. Canon Tristram relates, however, 



THE BROWN- HY.ENA {jij uaL size). 



that in Palestine a donkey belonging to one of his servants was killed by 

 a hyaina while the owner was .sleeping alongside. 



The striped hyaina — probably on account of its " body-snatching " propensities 

 — is cordially detested by the natives of all the countries it inhabits. When a 

 hysena is killed, the body is treated in many parts of India with eveiy mark of 

 indignity, and finally burnt. On one occasion in the Punjab the present writer 

 came across a party of natives cruelly ill-treating a nearly full-grown hj^fena, 

 which had been rendered helpless by its jaws being muzzled and its feet broken. 



