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rocks, or in holes and dens, which it digs in the earth. — 

 Its difpofition is extremely ferocious *, and, though taken 

 young, it never can be tamed. — It lives by depredations, 

 like the Wolf ; but is ftronger, and more daring and ra- 

 pacious. It follows the flocks, ravages the Iheepfold, 

 and deftroys every thing within its reach with the moft 

 infatiable voracity. — Its eyes fhine in the dark ; and it is 

 arTerted, with fome appearance of probability, that it can 

 fee nearly as well by night as by day. — "When deftitute 

 of other provifions, it ranlacks the graves, and devours 

 putrid human bodies that have been long buried. 



The voice of the Hyena is very peculiar : Its begin- 

 ning feems to be fomewhat like the moaning of a human 

 voice, and the ending like one making a violent effort to 

 vomit. 



It inhabits Afiatic Turkey, Syria, Perfia, and Barbary. 

 —The fuperftitious Arabs, when they kill one of them, 

 carefully bury the head, left it mould be applied to ma- 

 gical purpofes. 



The courage of the Hyena is equal to its rapacity. It 

 will defend itfelf with great obftinacy againft much larger 

 quadrupeds : It is not afraid of the Lion nor the Panther, 

 will fometimes attack the Ounce, and feldom fails to con- 

 quer. 



