JACKAL.' 
clifications are adventitious, and expressive of 
the new passions and affe6lions gained hj a 
domestic state. Their bowlings and clamours 
in the night are dreadful ; and so loud, that 
people can scarcely hear one another speak. 
Delion says, their voice is like the cries of a 
great many children of different ages mixed 
together : when one begins to howl, the whole 
pack join in the cry. Ksmpfer says, that 
every now and then a sort of bark is inter- 
mixed, which confirms what I above assert. 
Delion agrees in the account of their being 
tamed, and entertained as domestic animals. 
During the day they are silent. 
" They dig. burrows in the earth ; In which 
they lie all day, and come ©ut at night to range 
for prey. They hunt by the nose, and a-e 
very quick of scent. The Females breed only 
once a year, and go w^ith young only four 
"weeks : they bring from six to eight at a time. 
Both Mr. Gueldenstaedt, and Mr. Bell, con- 
tradi6l the opinion of their being very fierce 
animals. 
This animal is vulgarly called the Lion's 
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