मृगपक्षी-शास्त्र (हंसदेव - १३वीं शती का अमर भारतीय वन्यजीव, पक्षी एवं प्राणि-विज्ञान)

times attack people and harm the other animals. They are very ava-
ricious. They stoop to do very mean work when they are hungry.
If they happen to come to towns or villages, such villages or towns
would be spoiled as their coming is said to be inauspicious. They are
not easily obtainable. The female jackals resemble the male ones in all
respects; but are very slow in walk. They are calm to a little extent
and always lye under the shade of trees. They take a little food. They
(both male and female) are fond of eating corpses. Hence they should
not be allowed to enter in to villages or towns. Their youth is from
2 to 7 years. Their utmost age is 10 years. Owing to mean-mindedness
and bad qualities, they are called Tamasa Adhama or inferior in 3rd
class.
19th GROUP.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CATS.
There are 5 varieties of cats. They generally live in houses.
Some live in forests. They are always selfish. They do always mean
things. Some are white, grey, black and some yellowish-brown in
colour. They are generally striped like tigers and some spotted. They
have long tails and they are quiet going, calm, and coward. They
give bad results always against the auspicious deeds. They are fat
by eating rats, food, ghee, curd etc. They resemble jackals in character.
Their passion for cohabitation increases in Spring. After $1\frac{1}{2}$ years
they get prime youth. Generally they begin to cohabit with female
ones especially at nights. They lick each other and play happily at
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