. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ne of its peculiarities is its fondness for eatingdogs. The Serval, or African Tiger-Cat, living on antelopes, etc., theCaracal, a kind of Lynx, and the maneless Cheetah of South Africa,represent other formidable Cats of Africa, while the Hyenas, withtheir additional strong conical teeth, powerful muscles of the head, andnon-retractile claws, form a distinct enough family. Th
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ne of its peculiarities is its fondness for eatingdogs. The Serval, or African Tiger-Cat, living on antelopes, etc., theCaracal, a kind of Lynx, and the maneless Cheetah of South Africa,represent other formidable Cats of Africa, while the Hyenas, withtheir additional strong conical teeth, powerful muscles of the head, andnon-retractile claws, form a distinct enough family. The SpottedHyena, of Southern and Equatorial Africa, and the Striped Hyena ofNorthern Africa, are well known for their remarkable power of crackingmarrow-bones with their teeth. They are great at profiting by whattheir more powerful or more courageous relatives have killed ; theirlaughing noise is one of the most impudent and unpleasant that can beheard. The Ichneumons of North, East, and South Africa (21) le^ongto the civet family, with long jaws and long bodies, and short legs ;they seek out and feed upon the eggs of the crocodile, and are of greatuse in houses, like cats, for destroying vermin, especially 24. LION. 25. CAPE BCFFALO. 2(i. SOCIABLE VULTDBE. 27. SPOTTED HYENA. Dogs have long been abundant in Egypt, and are a nuisance thereto this day. The ancient Egyptians had several bieeds, some for hunt- AFRICAN ANIMALS. (i<^Z
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