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to feize his living prey that he is thought to attach himieir*' 

 to the dead. Upon much inquiry I never found one ex- 

 ample fairly proved. The graves in the eaft are huik over 

 with mafon-work ; and though it is againft the law of the 

 Turks to repair thefe when they fall down, yet the body 

 is probably confumed long before that happens ; nor is 

 the hyaena provided with arms or weapons to attempt it in 

 its entire uate ; and the large plants and flowers, with 

 nelhy bulbous roots,- are found generally in plenty among, 

 the graves. 



But the hyoena of Atbara feems long to have abandoned 

 his primitive food of roots, if that was ever his, and to have 

 gone largely and undeniably into the Slaughter of living 

 creatures, efpecially that of men, Indeed, happily for him- 

 felf, he has adopted this fuccedaneum ; for as to roots or 

 fruit of any kind, they are not to be found in the defert 

 country where he has chafe n his domicil ; and he has no- 

 difficulty from the fepulchres, becaufe whole nations perifh 

 without one of them being buried. Add to this, that the. 

 depravity of human nature, the anarchy and bad govern- 

 ment of the country, have given him greater opportunities 

 than anywhere elfe in the world to obtain frequent and 

 eafy victories over man.. 



It is a conftant obfervation in Numidia, that the lion a- 

 voids and flies from the face of man, till by fome accident: 

 they have been brought to engage, and the beafi has prevail- 

 ed againfthim; then thatfeeling of fnperiority imprinted by 

 the Creator in the heart of ail animals for man's preferva- 

 tion, feems to foriake him. The lion, having once tailed 

 human blood, reiinquiihes the purfuit after the flock. He 



repairs; 



