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enable him to crush the largest bones with ease; and 
his tongue is as rough as a coarse file. Like the jackal, 
he attacks the flocks and herds, caring little for the 
watchfulness or strength of dogs, and when pressed with 
hunger, comes and howls at the gates of towns, and vio 
]ates the repositories of the dead, tearing up the bodies 
from the graves, and devouring them. He is now only 
found wild in Asia and Africa, but is supposed to have 
formerly inhabited Europe. When receiving his food, 
the eyes of this fierce animal glisten, the bristles of his 
back stand erect, he grins fearfully, and utters a snarling 
THE SPOTTED HYiEXA. (Eijarna Crocuta.) 
This is another species which is common in Southern 
Africa ; it is known amongst the colonists at the Cape 
of Good Hope, as the Tiger-Wolf. He has none of the 
mane-like hair on his back, which distinguishes the 
Striped Hyaena, and his skin is marked with spots 
instead of stripes. He is a ferocious beast, and is ex- 
ceedingly destructive to sheep and cattle ; and also fre- 
quently attacks and carries off children from the huts of 
the natives, sometimes even stealing them from their 
sleeping mothers. 
