The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-11
ALL HYENAs ARE NOT EDWARDS.
Illustrative Encounters with Them


Illustrative Encounters with Them II
somnil1and.
Hyenas are noted as great towards
but have come across few exceptions
Whom about sixty miles from Berbera
on my return journey, | cainped close t.
Somali zareba. Soon the head mel
came in and asked me to shoot a pacl
of six hyenas, as they had killed grea
many sheep and goats. That morning
they killed two sheep, and the sam,
night jumped into the zareba and car
ried off sheep and badly bit youne
COW.
Next morning saw two Somali mer
running after hyena with spears, but
he emily kept about 100 yards in front
and as soon as they stopped he did thu
same and had look at them, and on
their returning he quietly walked on.
was busy with koodoo head ut the
time, SO did not go after him, but evi
IDENTIFY he wanted to see what I was do.
ing and 80 came toward me. When
about 100 yards OF put bullet through
his shoulders.
So much for No. l. He knew how
far 9omali could throw a spear. but
not how far rife would carry,
Next day at noon we heard a great
shouting about mile off, After awhile
made out that lion had killed one of
my camels. took tho 400 express and
started off. On arriving on the scene
found it was not lion, but a hyena, and
that the camel was not dead, but badly
bitten on the hind parts.
A woman said the hyena was behind
some low bushes about 100 yards off.
The bushes, three in number, were only
rs feet high and on en- open plain. As
the Somali men had been making great
noise l said nothing would stop there.
However,, went to have a look, and
when about seventy yards off the bush
up came head and took good look at
me. aud then went down slowly, like a
lion crouching. l went twenty yards
closer, when up came the head to have
another look. took steady aim, and
next moment an express bullet between
the eyes Of hyena finished him.
lie was "A very large and fat beast,
with good coat of hair, and had a good
portion of sheep in his inside.
Now could imagine one going for a
camel II starved, but not when fat
and at midday, with man and woman
accompanying the camels-a thick bush
within 200 yards on the left, if 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 | think it showed
great pluck. End Of No. O.
In the night the men heard some Of the
others bowling, 50 at daylight | went
over to where | shot No. 2, and there
sure enough, were three more hyenas.
Just then one of the three picked IN
the dead ono by the back and carried Il
III his mouth, with his head thrown III,
to keep 1t off the ground, only the feet
trailing. He took 1t about sixty yards
and put it under bush. | Law still for
a few minutes, and then the vultures
came down, but the three hyenas drove
them oil. then sat mp and one of then,
saw me, As they We're only 1876 yards
of, however, l had good shot, and a
hollow bullet behind tho shoulder fin.
ished No Q. The other two made off,
SO left them.
IN the sfternoon one Of my Somali
men SAID there was q hyena keeping off
the Yulturss. went out with the glass
and saw he had taken the last dead one
about 200 yards up stony hill with
SOME large rocks on the top. BE was
just going back to the rocks after hay.
ing made u sortie upon the vuItures.
then went up toward tho rocks, when
out he came and took good look, stand.
ing facing me.
It was long shot, over eco yards;
but by good luck l put bullet in the
center OF his throat, killing him Instant
y. This made the fourth Next morning
went TO take look and there was one
with the dead one shot the day before
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