The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-01
ALL aYBNAs ARE NOT EDWARDS.
Illustrative Encounters With Them
in Somallland.

From the London Field.
Hyenas are noted as great towards, but
have come across a few exceptions.
When about sixty miles from Barbsra,
on my return journey. camped
close to o Somah zarebs. Soon the head
men came in an asked me to shoot a pack
OF six hyenas, as they had killed a great
many sheep and goats. That morning they
killed two sheep, and the same night
jumped into the zareoa and carried of
a sheep and badly bit young COW.
Next morning I saw two Somah men
running after a hysna with spears. but he
only kept about a 100 yards In front, and
as soon as they stopped be did the same and
had look at them, and on their returning
he quietly walked on.
was busy with Koodoo head at the
time, 80 l did not go after him, but evil
IDENTIFY he wanted to SEQ what was doing,
end 80 came toward me. When about 100
yards off put bullet through his shoul-
ders.
80 much for No l. ~ He knew how far a
Somah could throw a spear, but not how
far . rife would carry.
Next day at noon we heard great shout
ing about a mile of. After a while made
OUT that a lion had killed one of my oamels.
took the 4: so O'Clock express and started
off. On arriving on the scene, found it
camel WAS not dead but badly bitten on the
hind parts.
A woman said the hyena was behind some
low bushes about $50 yards Off. The bushes,
three in number, were only 219 feet high
and on al open plain. AS the Somai men
had been making a great neise, said moth
ing would stop there. However, | went TO
have look, and when about seventy yards
off the bush up came q head and took a
good look at me, and then went down
slowly like a lion crouching. went twenty
yards closer when up came the head to have
another look. l took steady aim, and
next moment on express bullet between the
eyes Of a hyena finished him.
He was very large and fat beast, with
good coat OF hair and had good portion
of sheep IN his inside.
Now l could imagine one going for a
camel IL starved, but not when fat and at
midday, with a man and woman accom-
panying the carnels-a thick bush within
200 ysids on the left, il he had wanted to
get away. Instead of doing so he Kept to
the open country, with three bushes hardly
large enough to conceal him, and then held
his ground until shot dead. l think 1t
showed his great pluck. End of No. 2.
In the night the meu heard some of the
others bowling. So 81 daylight went over
to where l shot No. 2, and there, sure
enough, were three more hyeuas.
one by the back and carried 1t in his
mouth, with his head thrown up to keep it
off the ground, only the feet trailing. He
took it about sixty yards aud put it under a
bush l lay still for few minutes, and
then ths vultures came down, but the three
hyenas drove them Off 1 then sat up and
one OF them saw me. AS they we're only
1875 yards off, however, | had q good shot,
and hollow bullet behind the shoulder
finished No. 3. The other two made off so
left them.
In the afternoon one or my SomsiI mon
said there was hyona keeping off the
vultures. / went cut with the glass and
saw he had taken tie LAST dead one about
200 yards up a stony hill with some large
rocks on the top. He was just going
back TO the rocks, after having made
sortie on the vultures. then went up
toward the rocks, when out he came and
took good look, standing facing me.
It was long shot, over 200 yards; but
by good luck put q bulles in the center
OF his throat killing him dead. This
made the fourth. Next morning | went
TO take a look, and there was one with the
dead one shot the day before.