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imagined, was greatly frightened in its turn, and immediately 

 ran away, leaving the trmnpeter, it is to be hoped, 'a wiser 

 man' for his extraordinary ride. It is remarkable that the 

 soldier was not seriously injured by the hyaena, for the teeth 

 of the animal were fortunately fastened in the coat and not 

 in the flesh of the man." 



Animals of Animals of the dog kind, are neither so 

 the Dog Kind, numerous, nor, in general, so ferocious as those 

 of the panther or cat kind. The principal species are the 

 wol^ the jackal, the fox, and the dog. This class may be 

 principally distinguished by their claws, which have no sheath 

 like those of the cat kind, but are placed at the point of 

 each toe, without the capability of being stretched forward 

 or drawn back. The nose, as well as the jaw, of all the 

 dog kind, is longer than in the cat; the body in proportion 

 more strongly made, and covered with hair instead of fur. 

 They also far exceed the other kind in the sense of smell, 

 the olfactory nerves being diffused upon a very extensive 

 membrane within the skull, which accounts for their sur- 

 prising acuteness in this sense. 



The "Wolf. The Wolf is about three feet and a half long, 

 and about two feet and a half high, larger than our great 

 breed of mastiflFs, which are seldom more than three feet by 

 two. He bears a great resemblance to the dog, but is much 

 stronger, and the length of his hair contributes still more to 

 his robust appearance. The feature which principally distin- 

 guishes the visage of the wolf from that of the dog, is the 

 eye, which opens slantingly upwards in the same direction 

 with the nose; whereas, in the dog, it opens more at right 

 angles with the nose, as in man. The colour of the eyeballs 

 in the wolf, is a fiery green, giving his visage a fierce and 

 formidable air. He generally hides by day in the thickest 

 coverts, and only ventures out at night; when, sall3Tng forth 

 over the country, he keeps peering rovmd the villages, and 

 carries off such animals as are not under protection — ^attacks 



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