274 HYZNA DOG.

of London, was brought to England in company with
a young Cape lion. They agreed together extremely
well; but as the lion increased in size, his play became
too rough for his comparatively feeble companion, who
was borne to the earth in a moment by the superior
weight and strength of his antagonist: it was therefore
found necessary to consign them to separate dens.

In size and form the. hyena dog is smaller and
more slender than either the hyena or the wolf. Its
ground colour is of a reddish or yellowish brown,
mottled in large patches along the sides of the body
and on the legs, with black and white intermingled
together. Its nose and muzzle are black, and it has
a black line passing from them up the centre of the
forehead to between the ears, which are very large,
black, both within and without, and furnished with a
broad and expanded tuft of long whitish hairs. The
tail is of moderate length, covered with long bushy
hair, and divided m the middle by a ring of black,
below which, or towards the extremity, it is nearly
white. These colours and markings vary in different
individuals.