JACKAL. 
Provider ; from an opinion, that it rouzes the 
prey for that bad-nosed quadruped. The fadl 
is, every creature in the forest is set in motion 
by tlie fearful cries of the Jackals ; and the 
Lion, and other beasts of rapine, by a sort of 
instii:6^:, attend to the chace, and seize such 
timid animals as betake themselves to flight at 
the noise oi tiiis nightly pack. 
" It is described by Oppian, who mentions 
it's horrible howl, under the name of Avk!^ 
Sk9o?, or the Yellow W olf. It may, as Bufioa 
conje6lures, be the ©^-^r, of ilristotle ; who 
mentions it witii the V/ oif, and says that it has 
the same — I suppose, partial— internal struc- 
ture as the Wolf, which is common with con- 
generous animals. The Thoes of Pliny may 
also be a variety of the same animal ; for his 
account agrees vvith the modern history of 
the^ Schakal, or jackal, except in the last 
article/' 
To this descriptiori of Pennant, much ©f It 
compiled from Buffon, as well as from more 
recent accounts, we shall add a few remarks 
by the great Trench naturalist, which may 
serve 
