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JACKAL. 
concealed in holes in the ground., or in clefts of 
the rocks ; and in the night time they frequently 
descend upon the sheep-folds, in which, if not 
welJ defended by dogs, they commit terrible ra- 
vages, killing, like most of their genus, many 
more than they devour. Some of the inhabitants 
of the Cape pretend that the hyaena has the power 
of imitating the cries of other animals., and that 
by these means it often succeeds in decoying 
lambs, calves, &c. from the folds. It is also 
said, that a party of hyaenas, half dying and half 
defending themselves, will decoy the whole of the 
dogs from a farm to follow them to some distance, 
while their companions have an opportunity of 
coming from their retreats, and carrying off suffi 
cient booty before the dogs can return to prevent 
them. 
The inhabitants of Guinea 'kill them by fixing 
guns on the outside of the villages, with a piece 
of carrion fastened to the trigger, and placed near 
the muzzle, in such a manner, that the moment 
this bait is touched, the trigger is thereby pulled* 
and the piece discharged. 
Jackal. 
The body of the jackal has a great resemblance 
to that of the fox ; the head, however, is shorter, 
the nose blunter, and the legs longer. The tail is 
thickest in the middle, tapers to a point, and is 
tipped with black. The hair, which is long and 
coarse, is of a dirty tawny colour, yellowish on the 
belly. The length of the body is about thirty 
inches, and of the tail eleven. 
The jackal is found in all the hot and tempe- 
rate parts of Asia ; and in most parts of Africa, 
from Barbary to the Cape. 
In their manners these animals are much allied 
