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Dr. Sparnnan relates a story of the Spotted Hyae- 

 na, for the truth of which he does not altogether 

 vouch ; yet it is so diverting, that I shall make no 

 apology for introducing it. " One night, at a feast 

 near the Cape, a trumpeter, who had got himself 

 well filled with liquor, was carried out of doors in 

 order to cool and sober him. The scent of hi in 

 soon attracted a Tiger- wolf ; which threw him on 

 its back, and carried him away, thinking hun a 

 corpse and consequently a fair prize, towards Cable 

 Mountain. In the mean time, however, our drunken 

 musician awaked ; sufficiently sensible to knovs^ the 

 danger of his situation, and to sound the alarm with 

 his trumpet, which he carried fastened to his side. 

 The beast, as may easily be imagined, was not less 

 frightened in its turn*." Another writer observes, 

 that any but a trumpeter, in such a situation, would 

 doubtless have furni^ihed the animal with a supper t, 



THE JACKAL 



The body of the Jackal has a great resemblance 

 to that of the Fox; the head, hov>'ever, is shorter, 

 the nose blunter, and the legs longer. The tail is 

 thickest in the middle, tapers to a point, and is tip- 

 ped with black. The hair, w*hich is long and coarse^ 

 is of a dirty tawny colour, yellowish on the belly. 

 The length of the body is about thirty inches, and 

 of the tail eleven. — The Jackal is found in all the 



• Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. t CJmrcIi. 



X Synonyms. — Canis aureus. Linn. — Schakal. Pcnn. — Chaga', 



iii reisia.— Adil. Bcion. Shci-;v's Gen. ::ool.pL l-Q-'-Bav.Siuui.^ij^. 



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