. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. £500 THE \IE. Zoo Notes 35 The Vilde-honden of the Boers was calledbj last century naturalists by HuTJttng^Dog. ^^^ ^.^^y appropriate name ofHunting Hyaena, it is thedread of the sheep farmers, for not contentwith making a meal off the sheep, they willrip open, tear, and mangle, fifty more thanthey can devour-. These pests are about thesize of a large Dalmatian Dog, then- coat isyellowish grey, strangely marked (withoutany symmetrjO with splashes of black,principally upon the legs. Thej go inpacks of about twenty, and hun
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. £500 THE \IE. Zoo Notes 35 The Vilde-honden of the Boers was calledbj last century naturalists by HuTJttng^Dog. ^^^ ^.^^y appropriate name ofHunting Hyaena, it is thedread of the sheep farmers, for not contentwith making a meal off the sheep, they willrip open, tear, and mangle, fifty more thanthey can devour-. These pests are about thesize of a large Dalmatian Dog, then- coat isyellowish grey, strangely marked (withoutany symmetrjO with splashes of black,principally upon the legs. Thej go inpacks of about twenty, and hunt downtheir prey in relays; part of the pack willmake the running, and when the leaders aretned out, they will fall back, and the otherswho have been reserving their strength willcome up andrelieve restlessnessof the ones atthe Zoo, whennot curled up onthe piece of oldsacking, hascost photo-graphers manydozens ofplates, and itwas only aftermany wearyattempts that Iwas even able toobtain the poorresult shown,which howeverI believe is theonly one THE WALLABY AND HEE YOUNG, These diminutive horses were first discoveredby the celebrated EussianWllrHorJes. traveller after whom they arenamed, but until the presenttime no specunens had been sent to England,and they were practically unknown tonaturalists. Those now exhibited werecaptmed at the same time as the 12possessed by the Duke of Bedford, and twohave been forwarded from the Zoo to the Hon. Walter Eothschild. They were allbrought to England by the well-knowndealer, Carl Hargenbeck, who it is statedemployed a whole tribe of men numberingover a thousand to captme them in AVesternMongolia. Some disappointment has beenexpressed by. visitors at the appearance ofthese wild horses, especially when it hasbeen recorded that each specimen cost £ appearance they have been likened to aShetland pony, and although they have onlybeen here a short time they are gettingquite tame, and feed out of the hand. The breedin
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