WILD ANIMALS OP THE EASTERN SUDAN 49 



zareba round his domestic animals is likely to 

 regret it. 



The leopard has practically the same range as the 

 lion, but as it is more retiring in its habits, is less 

 frequently brought to bag. I secured three on the 

 Atbara and one on the Settit, but, except two chances 

 which I did not take, did not see them anywhere else, 

 though their tracks showed their existence. They 

 were decidedly most common on the Atbara, less so 

 on the Settit, and rare on the Eahad, Binder, and 

 Blue Nile. To bag one of these animals, save over a 

 bait, must be a matter of the purest chance, and I 

 believe them to be much more nocturnal than lions, 

 as they are certainly far less vociferous. It is well 

 to recollect that a wounded leopard is every bit as 

 dangerous as a lion, and the Arab hunters, who fear 

 nothing, respect a wounded leopard as much as a 

 buffalo. The curious detached collar-bones of course 

 exist in this animal, in common with the lion and 

 tiger, and ought to be secured. They lie embedded in 

 muscle, an inch below the surface, at the points of the 

 shoulders. 



The cheetah exists in the Eastern Sudan, but it 

 is extremely rare, and I never saw it. 



Hyaenas, spotted and striped, are found everywhere 



south of Kassala in unnecessarily large numbers. 



Kassala town swarms with these animals from 



sunset to sunrise. The striped species carries a 



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