15 s 
116» Jackal. 
D O G. 
rcfts abounding with game, never attempt the poul¬ 
try, which run at large. 
Adil, Squilachi Gfac. modern. Canis ailreus. Lin.fyft. 
Beloti cbf. 163. Canis flavua BriJJon quad, i^ij 
Lupus Aureus. Kamfer. Aman. Le Chacai & L’Adivc. de 
exot. 413. Rail Jyn. quad. 174. xiii. 255. 
Klein quad. 70. 
I 
D. of the form of a wolf, but much lefs: the color 
a bright yellow. 
Inhabits all the hot and temperate parts of Afia ; 
is found in Barbary , and other parts of Africa , as 
low as the Cape of Good Hope. They go in packs of 
40, 50, even of 200, and hunt like hounds in 
full cry, from evening to morning*: they dellroy 
the flocks, and poultry, ravage the ftreets of vil¬ 
lages and gardens, near towns, and will even de- 
ftroy children ** that happen to be unprotected : 
they will enter {tables and out-houfes, and devour 
{kins, and any thing elfe formed of that material : 
there is fcarce an animal they will leave unmolefted: 
in default of living prey, will feed on roots, fruits, 
and the mod: infected carrion : will greedily difinter 
the dead-f, and feed on the putrid corpfes ; for 
which reafon, in many countries, the graves are 
made of a great depth, and well fecured againft ; 
their attacks : they attend caravans, and follow ar¬ 
mies, in hopes that death will provide them a ban¬ 
quet : their howls and clamors are dreadfull, and ; 
Belon obf. 163. 
RuJeVs Aleppo, 60. Dellons <wy. 81. 
'■ 4 Boullaye-le-Gouz, 254. 
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