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away, we found that the first one was still alive. 

 There is certainly no other animal as low as these vile 

 eaters of carrion; cannibal brutes which will rend and 

 eat a victim before it is dead I 



I had not shot a hyena for several days, feehng that, 

 after all, they might not be so bad, but after witnessing 

 this disgusting scene, I not only shot the offending 

 beast, but another wliich, about two hours later, made 

 the mistake of getting in the way. I had lost all count 

 of the number of hyenas killed, but now that we had 

 made up our minds to continue the war against them, 

 decided to keep a score. One idea led to another 

 until in a short time we had invented a new game 

 which we called "hyena golf." The rules were that the 

 hyena must be at least two hundred yards away — 

 the shooter being entitled to four trys. If he kiUed 

 the hyena first shot, it was a hole in one; if it took 

 two cartridges, an eagle; three bullets made a birdie, 

 and four was par. 



Being unable to locate the Hons, we started to camp, 

 taking a roundabout course. While passing over some 

 small hills, we encountered a herd of the graceful im- 

 palla. A look through the glasses disclosed an excep- 

 tional head belonging to a ram who was standing a short 

 distance from the herd. As I placed my 7 mm. Mauser 

 to my shoulder, he started to run, but I easily followed 

 him with my open sight and ivory bead. I fired twice, 

 the last shot assuring him of an honored place in my 

 trophy room. 



WTiile Maniki was skinning out the head for mount- 

 ing and cutting out the best meat for camp, we took 

 a short jaunt over to a small water hole around which 

 thousands of sand grouse had settled. These birds 



