i\\ KN--I KIN OKI) TO TAKK HIS SHARK OF THE WORK OF I'RKPARIM; 

 THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS 



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The Hyama-Dog, the Lynx, the Wild Cat, 

 and the Otter 



TH E sight of n pack of hyaena-dogs {Lyceum pic f us) 

 after their prey is one not easily forgotten. For 

 the most part I have had only fleeting glimpses of them, 

 whether on the plains or on the caravan-roads by the 

 coast, or by the marshes, as they rushed after their quarry 

 in long springs, two or three close on the track, the others 

 following close behind, so as to cut off the retreat if 



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necessary. The wonderful picture of this chase passes 

 quickly under a whirlwind of dust, and is more divined 

 than perceived, only the heads of the prey and pursuers 

 rising now and again above the reecls in the marsh. It 

 passes before one like a phantom. 



I have found the hysena-dog very rare in those districts 

 through which 1 have travelled. This has been the experi- 

 ence also of trustworthy observers in British East Africa. 



All kinds of game, even the strongest antelopes, fall 

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