The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 
that soon sprouted up after the burning formed 
splendid grazing for the herds of animals that 
frequented this place. On my way to Chimoio 
we stopped at the forty-mile peg to allow the 
only other train that ran in the day to pass us, 
our train being side-tracked for that purpose. 
Here we took on board the tender of the engine 
a further supply of fuel, which consisted of wood 
sawn up into short lengths, a gang of natives 
doing the cutting, stacking, and loading the 
engine. 
Close to the station at this place I found a 
novel form of hyzena trap—a round piece of 
dried ox-hide, as hard as a board, three feet or 
so in diameter, in which a very small hole, no 
larger than a small apple, had been cut. Radi- 
ating from this hole were cut a series of V-shaped - 
pieces. The trap was set as follows: A hole 
was dug in the ground about one foot deep and. 
six inches in diameter. Into this hole a piece 
of meat was placed, and the ox-hide plate was 
laid over the place containing the meat, the two 
holes being one over the other. The ox-hide 
was then pegged down with wooden pegs in 
three or more places. The hyena, on finding 
the bait, forced his head through the small hole 
in the ox-hide to obtain it, the cuts in the hide 
giving way sufficiently for that purpose. The 
beast seized the meat, but on trying to withdraw 
his head had to use considerable force, which 
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