Chap. 27.] REMEDIES DERIVED PEOM THE HTJENA. 309 
say, for epilepsy : the same, too, witli the gall, taken with 
honey ; which is a remedy also for quinzy. A camel's tail 
dried, it is said, is productive of diarrhcBa, and ashes of burnt 
camel's dung, mixed with oil, make the hair curl. These 
ashes, applied topically, are very useful for dysentery, as also 
taken in drink, the proper dose being a pinch in three fingers 
at a time ; they are curative also of epilepsy. Camel's urine 
it is said, is very useful to fullers, and is good for the cure of 
running sores. Barbarous nations, we are told, are in the habit 
of keeping it till it is five years old, and then taking it as a 
purgative, in doses of one semisextarius. The hairs of the 
tail, it is said, plaited and attached to the left arm, are a cure 
for quartan fevers. 
CHAP. 27. SEVENTY-KINE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HY-a:K'A. 
But of all animals, it is the hyaena that has been held in 
the highest admiration by the magicians, who have gone so 
far as to attribute to it certain magical virtues even, and the 
power of alluring*^ human beings and depriving them of their 
senses. Of its change of sex each year, and other monstrous 
peculiarities^^ in its nature, we have spoken already we 
will now proceed to describe the medicinal virtues that are 
ascribed to it. 
The hyaena, it is said, is particularly terrible to panthers ; so 
much so, indeed, that they will not attempt to make the slight- 
est resistance to it, and will never attack a man who has any 
portion of a hyaena's skin about him. A thing truly marvel- 
lous to tell of, if the hides of these two animals are hung up 
facing one another, the hair will fall from off the panther's skin ! 
When the hyaena flies before the hunter, it turns off on the 
right, and letting the man get before it, follows in his track ; 
should it succeed in doing which, the man is sure to lose his 
senses and fall from his horse even. But if, on the other hand, 
it turns off to the left, it is a sign that the animal is losing 
strength, and that it will soon be taken. The easiest method, 
however, of taking it, they say, is for the hunter to tie his 
girdle with seven knots, and to make as many knots in the 
42 See B. viii. c. 44. 
^•^ One peculiarity not mentioned by Pliny, is, that its skin, like that of 
tlie sea-calf, was said to be proof against the effects of lightning. 
In Ji. viii. 0. 44. 
