^36 THE UYJENA. 



devastation among the fxocks ; yet, when other pro^ 

 visions fail, they will eat the roots of plants, and the 

 tender shoots of the palms. They sometimes assem- 

 ble in troops, and follow the march of an army, in 

 order to feast on the slaughtered bodies. 



The cry of the Hyaena is very peculiar. It be- 

 gins with somewhat like the moaning of the human 

 voice, and ends like that of a person making a vio- 

 lent effort to vomit. — His courage is said to equal 

 his rapacity. He wnll occasionally defend himself 

 with ereat obstinacy against much lararer animals. 

 Kaem-pfer relates, that he saw one which had put 

 to flight two Lions ; and that he has often known it 

 to attack the Ounce and the Panther. There is 

 something in its aspect that indicates a peculiar 

 gloominess and malignity of disposition ; and its 

 manners correspond v/ith its appearance. — Instances 

 have occurred of this creature beins; tamed. Mr. 

 Pennant says, that he saw a Hyaena as tame as a 

 Dog; and the Comte de Bufton, that there was one 

 shewn at Paris that had been tam.ed very early, and 

 was apparently divested of all its natural ferocity* 

 In Barbary, Mr. Bruce assures us that he has seen 

 the Moors, in the day-time, take this animal by the- 

 ears and haul him along, without his offering any 

 other .resistance than tiiat of drawing back. And 

 the hunters will take a torch in their hand, go into 

 his cave, and, pretending to fascinate him by a 

 senseless jargon of words, throw a blanket over him 

 and drag him out. 



Mr. Bruce locked up a Goat, a Kid^ and a Lamb^ 



