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A DESCRIPTION OF 
on the lion, to provide for his food. These animals are 
always seen in large flocks of forty or fifty ; and hunt, 
like hounds in full cry, from evening till morning. In 
want of prey, they drag the dead out of their tombs, and 
feed greedily on putrid corpses ; but notwithstanding the 
natural ferocity of these animals, it is said that when taken 
young they may be. easily tamed, and, like dogs, they love 
to be fondled, wag their tails, and show a considerable de- 
gree of attachment to their masters. They are common 
in many parts of the East : and as they act as scavengers, 
the people do not annoy them in their nocturnal visits. 
THE HYAENA. (Cams Hyaena,) 
THIS animal was long supposed to be the most savage, and 
untractable of all quadrupeds; but it is now found he may 
be tamed. Histeeth and jaws are so constructed, as to enable 
