CHAP. XXIV. 
THE MANE-HAIR JACKAL. 
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tentot believes that there is a particular 4 Tzhar,’ as they 
call this species of hyaena, watching over his fortunes. 
They are rarely seen in the daytime, but hide in holes 
underground; they come out and prowl about in the 
dusk of evening and at night, and generally appear to 
their kindred spirits when sitting round a fire in the 
fields grilling the flesh of some sheep or kid purloined 
from the flocks during the day. Hence the communion- 
ship. 
