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and is not found in forests. It generally either con¬ 
structs a burrow for itself in the earth, or takes up its 
abode in crevices of rocks, or in caverns, whence it issues 
at night in search of food, as its habit is to devour the 
carcasses of any animals it may find rather than kill for 
itself, and, when pressed by hunger, its jaws are so powerful 
as to enable it to devour even the bones of these carcasses. 
It occasionally carries off dogs from villages and even 
attacks women and children. The Indian hyaena has a 
weird howl, but the spotted hyaena of Africa makes 
a sound which is a very good imitation of a laugh, and 
it is therefore sometimes called the Laughing Hyaena. 
Immediately adjoining this house is 
The Orang-Outang House, 
in which there are two sections, each with its day and 
night den. 
The Orangs are at present represented only by two 
females, neither of which is yet mature. One of these, 
the most healthy of the two, came as a baby at the 
breast with its mother, in 1877, along with an adolescent 
male. On their arrival, they were at once placed in 
this house, and, as they were very docile, they were 
daily allowed to wander about. Whenever they were 
let out, their habit was to go to the nearest tree, break off 
some branches and build a platform for themselves, 
but as this was daily repeated, it was found necessary 
to confine them. When permitted, they used to spend 
the day on their platforms or machans , descending occa¬ 
sionally to the ground to pluck up plants, or inquisitively 
to stop a visitor who might have something tied up in the 
end of his cloth, and, if this happened to be food, it was 
