The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-09-10

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81 III i. s. & s. s.
Hy1mas ~ nosaa = grenk cow.raz,
bnk + hxEec0z2e srrnas d Ter exrertss0nE.
Wlaen aAout sixty naIaes fru.n BcxabeE-
q ~ rsturn jj1azrnsy, canzz,sd c20se to
= S0snah xzreEa Soon kzae head naem
eazzle n ~ asasd me- 20 slanct . pnck
q Gx hysnas, % theT had killed . great
Ezzny sheep ard goats That namnzng
they killed swo ssseep. ard the sszne.
night jumped INTO the xzreha and car
xssd a. ; sheep aid hadIy hs1 . yOzng
cOw.
Next mKuzEg saw two Sozzli msD
running after hyena with spears, but
Be only kept ab0zs 100 yxrds IN frunt.
and . soom N they stopped he did the
sax1e xnd had look nj them, and On
fheir returning he quietly waIked On
WAS busy with ko0aoo bad nj the
Gme. 80 did n0t 60 after him, buf evil
dsn1ly he wanted to see what 1 Was do
ing and % cazne toward me. when
abOM1 100 yards oE pus q huTle9 thruagh
kis shoulders
So much for No l. He knew how
fw Soznah c0zld throw spear, bat
not how far rife would carry.
Next day n noon we heard great
shouting about mile CT After awhile
l made out that . k0n had killed one of
my c&meas- I1oOk the 80 exyrszs and
Started oE- On arriving On the scene
found d wzs not hon, but hysRa, and
thai the czxnsi was NOT dead, bur badly
kitten On the kind parts
a woman said the hyena was behind
e0zne lOw bushes about I'D yards OF.
The bushes, three IA number, were oniy
~ fees high and ca IN open plain As
6heSOnaE nsen had been making great
n0ise said nothing would stop there.
However, went 90 have n look, and
WHEN about seventy yards OF the tush
mp came head and took good look at
me, and then went down slowly, Ike a
hon cno1ching- wHt txeuty yards
czose-, when mp came the head 10 hare
smother look I took q steady ann, and
DeKs MOMENT an express bullet between
the ey@ Of hyena finished kim
He Was n T9y large and fat beast.
with . good coat Of hair, and had q good
portion Of q sneep IN his inside.
Now could imagine enc going fer
= camel II Starved. but nos when fas.
md At midday, with Ezn and woman
accompanying the caneis-a thick Dz,sa
within 30 yards ca the left, If he had
wanted 70 gsf awsT. Inszes-l q doing
20 he kept 10 the open Country. with
three bushes hardly large enoCxn to
conceal hlmu and teen heli his ground
until Shot dad I think II showed
great pluck End Of No. ?.
In the n1gn1 tne men hard sor2e Of the
others hoxhng, SO al daylight went
OTeg 70 where | EsAOs No 2 and there.
sure eDOogh, were three more brenzs-
just then che Of the three PICKED up
the dead oae By the back ard carried i |
IN his EzOusn, with his head thrown u,
10 keep 1t Of the ground, OILY the fes: |
trailing He took il about ax-y yzr,ie |
and pU1 it under brsh- lay stin to- |
. few minutes and then tbs vuItrres
came down. but the three hyenas drive
aA1lAA@ AASG<2@ 5A& w dA2EA OA&S III AzSckE
saw me As fheJ were oaiy l2j yards |
OF, however. / had a good shot AMI . |
hOIsow bzlies behind tins shoulder I'm
ished No 2. The other two made Of.
80 Left them
In tne afternoon oDe d NV Soznali |
men said there was ayena keeping Oh |
the vulture@- / went cat with tie gIzz-
and saw he hal taken the last dead o.se
about 80 yards up stony NIL wis1 |
some large rocks On the top. He was
just going back TO the rocks after hav-
ing made sT1le upon the vuIturex. /
then went mp toward the rocks. wier
cut he came AID took good look, stand
ing facing lie.
Ii was long shot, over 80 yards:
but BY good lick put bullet in the
center q. Ills throat, killing him instant
Iy. This made the fourth. Next morning
| went 10 take look and there was o.<-
with tine dead one shot the day before
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