82 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
of its jaws; but they will 
leave bones unbroken which 
a hyena will crack in halves. 
Its powers of digestion are 
unlimited. It will swallow 
and digest a knuckle-bone 
without giving it a crunch, 
and will crack the thigh-bone 
of a buffalo to obtain the 
marrow, and swallow either 
end immediately after. 
I remember that once a 
hyena came into our tent at 
night. But this was merely a 
friendly reconnaissance, to see 
if any delicacy, such as our 
oy Uae et me ___, shoes, or a saddle, or anything 
Photo by L. eae F.Z.S.) [North ae that smelt of leather, were 
. STRIPED HYAENA lying about. It was bright 
This is the hyena of Northern Africa, Palestine, and India moonlight, and the air was 
calm. There was nothing to disturb the stillness. I was awakened from sleep by a light touch 
on my sleeve, and my attention was directed by my wife to some object that had just quitted 
our tent. I took my rifle from beneath the mat on which I lay, and, after waiting for a few 
minutes sitting up in bed, saw a large form standing in the doorway preparatory to entering. 
Presently it walked in cautiously, and immediately fell dead, with a bullet between its eyes. 
It proved to be a very large hyzena, an old and experienced depredator, as it bore countless 
scars of encounters with other strong biters of its race.” 
The SrripED Hyena is found in India as well as in Africa. In portions of Abyssinia these 
animals are so numerous that on the Nile tributaries Sir Samuel Baker used to hear them crack- 
ing the bones after supper every 
night just as they had been thrown 
by the Arabs within a few feet of the 
deserted table. In this way they are 
useful scavengers. 
THE AARD-WOLF 
This small African hyzna-like 
creature stands in a family by itself. 
The animal is like a small striped 
hyena, with a pointed muzzle, longer 
ears, and a kind of mane. It is com- 
mon all through South and East 
Africa, where it lives on carrion, white 
ants, and lambs and kids. It has not 
the strong jaws and teeth of the dog or 
hyzna family. The colonists com- 
Photo by A, 8. Rudland & Sons 
AARD-WOLF 
fee operas ce ‘ The aard-wolf stands in a family by itself. It is allied to the hyenas, but ts @ raw 
monly hunt and kill it with fox-terriers. Sabler ania 
