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* HUNTING. 886 HUNTINGDON. BiDLioGKAPiir. Skowrunnek, Die Jagd (Biele- fi'lil. 11101); Alills, Tlu ^yurlsmana Library (K(liiiburj|;li, 1845)'; Sliiind. Shuotiny (London, HlOJ) ; Tliorniiinby, A'liiiy* of the Hud, I{i/(c, and dun (2 vols,, London, I'JOl ) ; Ward, litvorda uf liiy (lame, un luiouni of tlicir distribution, de- si'i'iption of species, leni^hs. veij;lils. etc. (Lon- don, 1890) ; Deinidov, llunliny Trips in the Caucasus (London, 18!t8) ; Soutliart, liiblio- graphie d'ouvragcs sur la chussc, la vcncrie et la fauconnerie (Pans, 188l>) ; licaiifort and Morris, Hunting (London. 1889) ; Crown Prince Kudolpli of Austria, Xotes on Sports and Ornithology, translated by Danford ( Ijondon, 1889); Aiielon, Besvrc. Cnnpt. and others, Chnn.ir modcrnr. En- ryrlopfdie du rhaft/srur (Paris. 1902); IMaoPhcr- son. History of Foirling (Kdinbiirgh. ISOT) ; La CroixDaaliard. I.rs hftes qu'on tue (Paris, 1890) ; Le Couteulc.x dc Cant^leu, Manuel de vfnerie franfaise (Paris, 1890) ; Dodge, The Hunting Grounds of the (Ireat West ( l^ondon, 1877); Long, American Wild Foul Shooting (New York, 1874); Murpliv. American (lame liird Shootini/ (New York. "1892); Pringle, Twenty Years' Snipe Shooting ( Xew York, 1899); Rogers, Rainsford, and others. Hunting (Xew York; 189t!); IJodsevelt. Big (lame Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains (Xew York, 1899); Diezel, Xicderjagd (Berlin, 1898); Gas- jier. The Complete Sportuman (New York, 1893). HUNTING CAT, or Hi'xtino Leopard. Si-e ClIKKTA. HUNTING DOG. Tliis interesting animal {1. 1/1111111 I'lihix), which inhabits all the more open parts of Africa south of the Sahara and Alivssinia, is an alierraut species of dog, distin- guished from the typical Canis by having four toes on each foot, and otlicr stru;'tural peculiari- ties. It is about as; tall as a grcylmund. its legs being relatively long and slendi'r, and adapted to the swift and enduring speed upon which it must dejx'nd for a livelihood. The head is broad and flat, with a short muz/le armed with massive teeth, rather large upstanding furry ears, and a suggestion of the hyena in the physiognomy; hence it is sometimes calh'd 'liyciiadog.' tliotjgli the likeness (even to the spotted hyena) is wholly superficial. (See Plate of Woi.vks .xn Docs.) The fur is short, thick, and smooth, and grows more shagg>- about the cheeks and throat ; and the tail is long and wolf-like. In general color this dog is yclbnvish grav. but it is marked most irregularly with a variety of colors, such as a combination of red. white, yellow, and black spots, so that the hyena-dog may be regarded as the most particolored of all mammalia. In the southern Sudan, where the animals are plentiful, Sehweinfurlh saw one specimen that was per- fectly tame, required no other restraint than a cord, and yielded to its master with all the do- cility of an ordinary dog. This fact appears to eorroborale the assertion of Livingstone that the natives of the Kalahari desert are accustomed to break in this animal and train it for the chase. To the .fricans generally, however, both white anil black, tlic hyena-dog was one of the mo-^t iruly wild and dangerous animals of the country, tak- ing the place of the wolves of the northeni part of the world. They gathered into packs, and astonished and terrifieil the early settlers and explorers by their numlM>rs. audacity, and strange cries. They frequented mostly plains and scantily forested or brushy regions, where the small ante- lopes abound, which were their principal prey, and which they would pursue in concert, often only two working together, until the baffled vic- tim (often of the larger spe<'ies) was cornered or exhausted and miglil be pulled down. Tlu'V were a terrible scourge to the sheep and goats of the early frontier farmers, and killed or uiangled many more of the Hock in one of their nocturnal forays than they could possibly eat. The war waged against them in conseipience. and the diminution of the wild game, has caused a great decrease in their numbers; but numerous bands still range the wilds of Kast and fentral Africa, and the deserts west jind north of Cape Colony. Consult : for I'arly hislory of the aniiuiil. the books of Livingstone. (innloM-CununiMg. Moirat, Harris, and their contemporaries; and for later facts, Sehweinfurlh, Heart of Africa, translated (Lon- don, 1873); Sidous, A Hunter's Wanderings (London, IHliOi. See Dog. HUNTINGDON. The capital of Ilunling- donsliire, England, on the Ouse, 17 miles soutli of Peterborough (Map; England, F 4). It is celebrated as the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, (be entrj' of whose birth is to bf seen in the irgister of Saint .lohn's Church. The gnimuiar school, founded in 1200, where he wa.s ediu'ated, has been restored. Of .Saxon origin, (he town was the seat of a royal castle built in 919, Hunt- ingdon received its charter of iiu'orporat ion in 1189, A fine bridge erected in the thirteenth cen- tury connects it with (Jodmanchestcr, Popula- tion, in 1S9I, ):;.50; in 1901, 4200. HUNTINGDON, A borough and the county- seal of I luiitingilon Coun(,v, Pa,. 98 miles wes( of Harrisburg; on llie .luniata River, and on (he Pennsylvania Railroad (Map: Pennsylvania.- C 3). It is the scat of .luniata College (German Baptist Bre(hren), oix-ned in 1870, and of the S(a(e Industrial Reformatory, The city is in an agriciiKural and frui( -growing section with valuable forests anipc, bi>ileis, radia(ors, funiKure, and kiii( goods, Huntingdon was se((led about 1700 on the site of a famous Indian council ground, now marked by a 'Stand- ing Stone Monument.' erected at the borough centennial. The government is administered under the original charter of incorporation, adopted in 1790. which provides for a chief burgess, chosen every three years, and a council clecled at large. Population, in 1890, 5729; in 1900. OOoS. HUNTINGDON, Hexry Hastixgs, Earl of ( ir>:!r)-!».5 1 . An English noble, leader of the Prot- estant party, son of Francis Hastings, the second Earl, whom he succeeded in 1501, He was an intimate of Edward VI., who knighted him in 1548; and. through his mother's descent from George, brother of Edward TV,, claimed after Elizabeth the succession to the crown. Espe- cially in 1562. during her severe illness, he was considered as her probable successor. He hotly opposed the scheme to marry Mary Stuart to Norfolk, and was intrusted by Elizabeth to see that the Scotch Queen did not escape at the time of the threatened uprising in 1500, In the same year he was one of the council which consirlered (he evidence against Mary: helped (rv Norfolk in 1573; and was prominent and active in the preparations of 15S8 for the Spanish invasion.