THE HYiENA. 77 
ass, a goat, and a fox before morning, 
^^ving nothing but a few fragments of the 
of the ass. 
"^he opinion maintained, not only by the 
®6pers of wild beasts, but also by writers on na- 
^^1 history, that the hyaena cannot he tamed, 
^ 'disproved by experience. It is true that in 
^^Ptivity this animal displays a fierce and un- 
^ctable disposition, and is very impatient of 
^l^’^finement. Pennant and Buffbn make men- 
of hyaenas which had been rendered as tame 
'logs and Barrow, in his “ Travels in South- 
says : “ The cadaverous crocuta 
^ spotted hysna] has lately been domesti- 
^ted in the Snewberg, where it is now con- 
ored one of the best hunters after game, 
9,s faithful and diligent as any of the com- 
sorts of domestic dogs.” Mons. F. Cuvier 
relates that a young animal of this spe- 
taken at the Cape, had been tamed with- 
difficulty. His keepers had complete com- 
