ABYSSINIAN HY^NA. 
The animal, from which this was drawn, 
was slain at Toawa, and was the largest I had 
ever seen ; being five feet nine inches in- length, 
measuring from his nose to his anus. The 
length of his tail was one foot nine inches : it 
was composed of strong hair, of a reddish 
brown colour. The mane consisted of hairs 
exa6lly similar. His colour is a yellowish 
brown, marked with circular black bands. 
The insides of all his legs are without marks. 
His muzzle is black. The figure has, I be- 
lieve, scarcely a hair misplaced in it.'* 
According to Mr. Bruce, though the Hysena, 
in Barbary, flies from Man ; in Abyssinia, or 
Atbara, accustomed to human flesh, he walks 
boldly, even in the day-time, like a Horse or 
Mule, attacking Man wherever he finds him : 
always, however, attaching himself to the 
Mule, or Ass, in preference to the rider. 
- *' I have," says our traveller, often hinted 
at the liking he has for Mules and Asses: but 
he is still more remarkable for his liking to 
Dog's fiesh; or,' as it is commonly expressed, 
his aversion to Dogs. No Dog, however fierce, 
will 
