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ttidrk of attachment. He was a man advanced 
in life, and of a majeftic figure. He wore a 
long mantle, which hung from his fhoulders to 
the ground, and which, formed of four jackal 
Ikins joined together, was bordered at the fides 
with that of a hyaena. 
The hyaena of this country is the fame as 
that of which a figure and defcription are given 
in Buffo n ; and I fpeak of it here, becaufe tra- 
vellers, when they mention that of the Cape, 
confound them together, though they are very 
diiferent, and becaufe I have feldom had an 
opportunity of feeing it in the courfe of my 
travels. 
The names of three different fpecles of the 
hyasna are known at the Cape, though they 
are all comprehended under the common ap- 
pellation of wolf. 
Thefirfl kind, which is feen ofteneil,andmoft 
dreacled by the planters on account of their 
flocks, is that of which I have given a figure 
under the name of the fpotted wolf; a de- 
nomination it generally bears ia all the co- 
lonies. 
The fecond is called Jlrajid-wolf (fhore- 
Avolf), from its never quitting the fea coaft or 
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