84 NATURAL HISTORY IN ANECDOTE.

imagined, was greatly frightened in its tum, and immediately
ran away, leaving the trumpeter, it is to be hoped, ‘a wisc1
man’ for his extraordinary ride. It is remarkable that the
soldier was not seriously injured by the hyzena, for the teeth
of the animal were fortunately fastened in the coat and not
in the flesh of the man.”

Animals of Animals of the dog kind, are neither so
the Dog Kind. numerous, nor, in general, so ferocious as those
of the panther or cat kind. The principal species are the
wolf, the jackal, the fox, and the dog. This class may be
principally distinguished by their claws, which have no sheath
like those of the cat kind, but are placed at the point of
each toe, without the capability of being stretched forward
or drawn back. The nose, as well as the jaw, of all the
dog kind, is longer than in the cat; the body in proportion
more strongly made, and covered with hair instead of fur.
They also far exceed the other kind in the sense of smell,
the olfactory nerves being diffused upon a very extensive
membrane within the skull, which accounts for their sur-
prising acuteness in this sense.

The Wolf. The Wolf is about three feet and a half long,
and about two feet and a half high, larger than our great
breed of mastiffs, which are seldom more than three feet by
two. He bears a great resemblance to the dog, but is much
stronger, and the length of his hair contributes still more to
his robust appearance. The feature which principally distin-
guishes the visage of the wolf from that of the dog, is the
eye, which opens slantingly upwards in the same direction
with the nose; whereas, in the dog, it opens more at right
angles with the nose, as in man. The colour of the eyeballs
in the wolf, is a fiery green, giving his visage a fierce and
formidable air. He generally hides by day in the thickest
coverts, and only ventures out at night; when, sallying forth
over the country, he keeps peering round the villages, and
carries off such animals as are not under protection—attacks