480 NATURAL HISTORY? 
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Perfia and Barbary. Caverns of mountains, cliffs of 
“rocks, and fubterraneous dens, are its chief lurking 
places. The manfions of the dead are fubjeét to his vi- 
olations; for, like the jackall, the putrid contents are, 
tohim, the moft dainty food. It preys upon flocks 
and herds; but when thefe and other animal prey 
fails, it will eat the roots of plants,and tender roots of 
palm trees. 
_ The fupeérftitious Arabs, when they kill ahyzna, al- 
ways bury its head, left it fhould be applied to mag- 
ical purpofes, as the neck was formerly by the Thef- 
falian forcerefs: But the unenlightened Arab muft be 
excufed for this weak opinion, when it is confidered 
though the moft refined and learned ancients, that the 
hyzena had the power of charming the fhepherds, and 
as it were, rivetting them to the place where they 
ftood. 
Its voice isa hoarfe, difagreeable combination, of 
growling, crying and roaring. Pie 5 
The Pucaaiis relation of Pliny, refpecting this 
creature, is almoft too abfurd to mention ; We, how- 
ever, relate it, juft to fhew how much he debafed the 
hiftory of nature with his fanciful impofitions: He fays, 
that the hyena has been known, not only to imitate 
the human voice, but to call fome perfon by his name, 
who, coming out was immediately devoured by the 
fubtle cruelty of this creature. __ : 
n Guinea, Ethiopia, and the Cape,there is another 
fpecies of this animal, which is called by Pennant, the 
{potted hyena. 
bie IDOI — 
WOLF. 
Turs animal very much refembles the dog, both 
externally and internally, having a long head, pointed 
nofe, tharp, ere¢t ears, long bufhy tail, long legs, large 
teeth, and being covered with longifhhaia. Itis of a 
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