50 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



certain amount of hair, the spotted next to none, 

 and neither of them is to my mind a very worthy 

 object of the chase. I have seen a hyaena snap 

 at a dead leopard, and saw the tracks of others 

 that undoubtedly chased a wounded lioness, so that 

 possibly they are not so cowardly as generally re- 

 puted. It is remarkable that a cursory inspection 

 of these animals shows no difference between the 

 sexes. 



The hunting dog exists in the Eastern Sudan, but I 

 never saw it. A sportsman who watched a pack pur- 

 suing a wounded roan antelope told me that they had 

 little of the dash of the Indian wild dog, but were 

 decidedly more hyaena-like in their operations, and 

 that the coats of those secured were so mangy as to 

 be quite useless. 



The wart-hog is common on the Settit, less so on 

 the Atbara, and on the Rahad is not found at all 

 below Homar el Gizm. There it reappears, and it is 

 also found on the Galegu, Binder, and Blue Nile, but 

 not in any numbers. This curious animal is usually 

 found in pairs, never in sounders like the Indian pig, 

 and goes to earth when pursued. The boar can use his 

 tushes to some purpose, and has very little fear of 

 man. Indeed, more than once I expected a charge 

 without provocation. The tushes in the Sudan are not 

 so fine as in other parts of Africa. 



The ostrich is said to exist in the Nubian desert, 



