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fame fpecies with thofe which we had killed at 
the river Gamatoos. The planters call it the 
fpotted wolf* It is of the fize of ihe wolf of 
Europe ; and its hair is of a deep fallow colour, 
' interfperfed with dark-brown fpots. I Ihall 
here infert a plate of the animal, of which I 
(hall fpeak more at length in my defer! ption of 
the quadrupeds of Africa. In vain did we 
endeavour to drive away the reft with our 
guns : the howlings, extorted by pain from 
that I had fhot, feemed to animate them to the 
attack, and they became but the more eager 
for their prey : they quitted one place only to 
return at another. Our cattle, which perceived 
them as well as we, and heard their cries, were 
in violent agitation, and exprefTed great fear. 
In fliort, for their defence and our own fe- 
curity, we were obliged to be under arms all 
night. 
Befide thefe hysenas and the jackals, which 
it was eafy to diftinguifli by their voice, I re- 
marked the cry of fome other animal. My 
people diftinguifhed it by the name of the 
earth-wolf, I do not know it; and I never 
faw any thing of it but a piece of its fkin, 
which I found in a kraal, as I have faid above, 
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