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would hasten out in my pajamas and wallop the bully, or hang a 

 lantern in front of the cage. A light always had a quieting effect. 

 The young hyena was not so shy and would come to the bars and lap 

 up water within a foot of me. Woe betide the water dish (whether 

 heavy aluminum or stout enamel ware) which was left in their 

 cage overnight; morning had nothing but some shreds of metal to 

 show for it. 



Apart from this vice I considered the hyena party my best friends 

 and, with the exception of their dawn disputes, the least troublesome 

 animals to look after. Any bones, skins, or entrails left in the 

 leopard cages were always transferred to theirs. Any diseased 

 animal that died was soon buried if handed over to them. 



They had enormous appetites, but they lived well, nevertheless. 



FELIS LEO MASSAICA Neumann 



EAST AFRICAN LION 



Native names. — Simba (Chigogo); Simba (Kiswahili). 



Lions were never heard for certain during our four months' stay at 

 Dodoma, though visiting lions were not uncommon at Kikuyu (13^ 

 miles south), where they killed cattle from time to time. Six miles 

 east they were a good deal in evidence by the Greater Kudu kills, 

 and the only time I was out in that direction I came upon the 

 stomach contents of an ox quite close to a large village whose 

 inhabitants said a lion had killed there at noon the previous day. 



FELIS PAROUS SUAHELICA Nenmann 



EAST AFRICAN LEOPARD 



Native names. — Suwi (Chigogo); Chui (Kiswahili). 



Four leopards were trapped at Dodoma and one at Kondoa Irangi; 

 three of these Dodoma leopards were taken in six days or the second 

 week after the traps had been set. The cage trap was placed against 

 a "boma" (thorn zareba) containing a live goat plainly visible to a 

 prowling leopard who, if he entered the cage and approached the 

 bars, would tread on a plank connected with a peg as in the hyena 

 trap previously mentioned. During the last fortnight one leopard 

 and three hyenas were taken in four traps set on the same spot. 

 The ferocity and wrath displayed by freshly caught adult leopards 

 are quite appalling, and to prevent such animals injuring themselves 

 on the bars it was found necessary to cover these with sacking for the 

 first couple of weeks, as anyone looking in or passing by caused a 

 fresh outburst of rage. 



Their food was always killed before being put in, and consisted 

 chiefly of bullock and goat flesh, varied by guinea fowl. It was 

 interesting to observe how neatly a guinea fowl was plucked before 



