CHAPTER XXI 
The Wild Dogs of Africa 
he Hyena. —Externally, the hyenas have somewhat the ap¬ 
pearance of extremely ugly and unattractive-looking dogs. 
They are somewhat larger than a shepherd’s dog, and are 
covered with coarse bristly hair, short over the greater part of the 
THE STRIPED HYAENA 
A repulsive animal, but useful for removing dead animals 
body, but produced into a sort of mane along the ridge of the neck. 
The hyena walks stealthily on its toes rather than on the flat of its paw, 
its legs having much the same proportion as in an average dog, except 
for the fact that the hind legs are shorter than the fore legs, so that the 
