QUADRUPEDS. 
Cruel as death 1 and hungry as the grave ! 
Burning for blood i bony, and gaunt, and grim ! 
Assembling Wolves, in raging troops, descend; 
And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, 
Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snow . 
All is their prize." 
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THE JACKAL, (Cams aureus,) 
Commonly called the lion's provider, is not much larger 
than the fox, which he resembles in the appearance of the 
fore part of his body. His skin is of a bright yellow 
colour. The Jackals often unite to attack their prey, 
and make a most hideous noise, which, rousing the king 
of the forest from his slumbers, brings him to the place of 
food and plunder : at his arrival, the petty thieves, awed 
by the greater strength of their new messmate, retire to a 
distance ; and hence the fabulous story of their attendance 
