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Short Abstract Of The History Of Guadaloupe.
at St . Eustatia , and in an hour or two thereafter weighed anchor for that island , ivhere he safely landed his freight , who from there soon found their way to France ; their complaints were heard , and they gratified for the present with a considerable sum of money To each . —> What crowns the whole , and still more signally marks the hand of Divine Providence in the conduct of this affairisthat- though the
, , Fleming by this step hazarded the losing considerable effects which he had left behind him at St . Christopher ' s , while thus laudabl y employed , he found nothing diminished ; the affair very probably remaining a secret to Poincy , who in that case would certainl y not have spared him . ¦ M , ¦
Natural History Of The Jackall.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE JACKALL .
THE jackalls are bold and ravenous to a great degree , and what they dare not attempt singly , they will execute together . They are so frequent in the woods , that a larger anim ' al cannot stir , without being seen by some of them ; and it cannot be seen without being destroyed . The moment a jackall sees a stag , or any other large creature , which is not of the prey kind , nor has strength , teeth , or claws to defend itselfit sets its Crywhich is exactllike that of
, up , y our hounds , and follows it . The cry is continued as it runs , and the other jackalls that are in hearing follow also . The longer the chace the greater becomes the pack , for all that are in the parts through which the prey-runs join the pursuers . To escape is impossible ; because , could even the pursued prey out-run'the wearied ones , which first began the chace , there is a continual supply ; so that whatever is
once attacked is sure to perish . When the creature can no longer fly from them , they worry it at once , and it is devoured , and- every bone picked almost in an instant ; after which , the jackalls disperse till another cry invites them .
They hunt generally in the night , and in the parts of the Haft where they are most frequent , darkness is no sooner spread over the earth than they are heard in full cry , in one part or other of the woods . As this is understood b y mankind , it is a language not less intelligible to the other beasts of prey ; nor is it the lion only that profits by it . Whether a lion , a tyger , a leopard , or whatever other
species of the larger animals of prey , happens . to be near , he attends to the cry and knows it to be the note of pursuit . ——He naturally , therefore , looks about , being sensible that whatever is , pursued i ? food for him as well as for them . These large animals are all very swift , but they are lazy ; they will overtake almost any thing at a small distancebut they never make long pursuits . If the stagor
, , whatever it be the jackalls are after ,, be at a distance , and pursue its course another way , they never trouble themselves about it ; but if it \> e near , or if if . runs towards , the place where the lion is concealed , he V OL-. II , J . "¦ '
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Short Abstract Of The History Of Guadaloupe.
at St . Eustatia , and in an hour or two thereafter weighed anchor for that island , ivhere he safely landed his freight , who from there soon found their way to France ; their complaints were heard , and they gratified for the present with a considerable sum of money To each . —> What crowns the whole , and still more signally marks the hand of Divine Providence in the conduct of this affairisthat- though the
, , Fleming by this step hazarded the losing considerable effects which he had left behind him at St . Christopher ' s , while thus laudabl y employed , he found nothing diminished ; the affair very probably remaining a secret to Poincy , who in that case would certainl y not have spared him . ¦ M , ¦
Natural History Of The Jackall.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE JACKALL .
THE jackalls are bold and ravenous to a great degree , and what they dare not attempt singly , they will execute together . They are so frequent in the woods , that a larger anim ' al cannot stir , without being seen by some of them ; and it cannot be seen without being destroyed . The moment a jackall sees a stag , or any other large creature , which is not of the prey kind , nor has strength , teeth , or claws to defend itselfit sets its Crywhich is exactllike that of
, up , y our hounds , and follows it . The cry is continued as it runs , and the other jackalls that are in hearing follow also . The longer the chace the greater becomes the pack , for all that are in the parts through which the prey-runs join the pursuers . To escape is impossible ; because , could even the pursued prey out-run'the wearied ones , which first began the chace , there is a continual supply ; so that whatever is
once attacked is sure to perish . When the creature can no longer fly from them , they worry it at once , and it is devoured , and- every bone picked almost in an instant ; after which , the jackalls disperse till another cry invites them .
They hunt generally in the night , and in the parts of the Haft where they are most frequent , darkness is no sooner spread over the earth than they are heard in full cry , in one part or other of the woods . As this is understood b y mankind , it is a language not less intelligible to the other beasts of prey ; nor is it the lion only that profits by it . Whether a lion , a tyger , a leopard , or whatever other
species of the larger animals of prey , happens . to be near , he attends to the cry and knows it to be the note of pursuit . ——He naturally , therefore , looks about , being sensible that whatever is , pursued i ? food for him as well as for them . These large animals are all very swift , but they are lazy ; they will overtake almost any thing at a small distancebut they never make long pursuits . If the stagor
, , whatever it be the jackalls are after ,, be at a distance , and pursue its course another way , they never trouble themselves about it ; but if it \> e near , or if if . runs towards , the place where the lion is concealed , he V OL-. II , J . "¦ '