THE HY^NA. 73 
he does not altogether vouch. One 
at a carouse near the Cape, a trumpeter 
® liad taken too much liquor was carried 
of doors in order to cool and sober him. 
^ tiger wolf (as the spotted hyaena was called 
y the Dutch), attracted by the scent, seized 
threw him on his back, and bore him off 
® n corpse, and consequently a good prize, 
Jiiyards Table Mountain. The drunken mu- 
sician 
to be 
meanwhile awoke, sufficiently sensible 
^ m aware of the danger of his situation. 
ith his trumpet, which was fastened to his 
tg sounded the alarm, and the beast, 
^ ’’Hfied in his turn, dropped his prey and 
mpered off. Any person but a trumpeter 
\v'tn ^ ^nubtless have furnished the marauder 
Y a supper. 
IS certain that there are occasions when 
rendered bold by extreme hunger, 
. carry off very large animals, and assault 
habitations, and even towns, with the 
