x6z HYMN A. 
fully bury the head*, lead; it fhould be applied to 
magical purpofes *, as the neck was of old by the 
Thejfalian force refs. 
Vifcera non Lyneis , non dirce nodus Hysena 
Defuit ** 
The antients were wild in their opinion of the* 
Hyana : they believed that it changed its fex, imi¬ 
tated the human voice *, that it had power of charm¬ 
ing the fhepherds, and as it were rivetting them to 
the place they flood on : no wonder that an igno¬ 
rant Arab fhould attribute to its remains preterna^ 
rural powers. 
They are cruel, fierce, and untameable animals, 
with a mofi malevolent afped: have a fort of obfti- 
nate courage, which will make them face flronger 
quadrupedsthan themfelves ^ Kcempfer relates that ho 
faw one which had put two lions to flight, regard¬ 
ing them with the utmoft coolnefs. Their voice is 
hoarfe, a difagreeable mixture of growling an$ 
roaring. 
U9SPQTTED. Jackal, or wild Dog, Boftnans Hysena or Crocuta ? Ludolpb. 
Guinea, 293. thiopia, 57. 
Quumbengo Churchill's coll, *voj, Cani-apro-lupo-vulpes? Dejlandes 
v. 486. Hi/l . de f Acad, tom . xxviii, 5CV 
Tiger wolf Kclben sCape, 108. o&avo ed, 
H. with a large and flat head : above each eye fome 
long hairs : on each fide of the nofe very long wbilk¬ 
ers : fhort black mane : hair on the body fhort and 
Shaw's Travels, 246. 
** Lucan , lib. vi. 672. The antients believed that the neck of 
the Hyana confifted of one bone without any joint. 
fmpoth; 
