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Dog during the voyage, brought forth fix puppies ; one 

 of which afterwards produced young ones, from an inter- 

 courfe with a Dog. — From thefe and other recent facts, 

 it appears, that the Fox, the Wolf, the Jackal, and the 

 Dog, may be confidered as different fpeices of the fame 

 genus ; and that the Jackal makes nearer approaches to 

 the Dog than either the Fox or the Wolf. 



Jackals go in packs of forty or fifty, and hunt like 

 •hounds in full cry from evening till morning. They de- 

 it roy the poultry, and attack the flocks : They roam 

 through the villages and gardens, and carry off every 

 thing they can eat : They enter ftables, yards, and out- 

 houfes ; and devour fkins, and every thing that is made 

 of leather ; fuch as harnefling, boots, {hoes, &c. No- 

 thing can efcape their rapacity. They will ranfack the 

 repofitories of the dead, and greedily devour the mod pu- 

 trid bodies; for which reafon, in thofe countries where 

 they abound, the inhabitants are obliged to make the 

 graves of a great depth, and fecure them with fpines, to 

 prevent the Jackals from raking up the earth with their 

 feet. They are faid to attend caravans, and follow ar- 

 mies, in hopes of being furnifhed with a banquet by 

 difeafe or battle. — They may be confidered as the vulture 

 among quadrupeds; and, like that deftruetive bird, de- 

 vour every thing indifcriminately that has once had ani- 

 mal life. — They hide themfelves in holes and dens by 

 day, and feldom appear abroad till the evening ; when 

 they fill the air with the moft horrid howlings, and begin 

 the chafe. The Lion, the Panther, and other beafts of 

 prey that do not purfue by the fcent, take advantage of 

 the general confirmation, and follow in filence behind 

 till the Jackals have hunted down their prey : They then 



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