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CHAPTER V 



NOTES ON THE LION (concluded) 



Method of opening a carcase Removal of paunch and entrails Lions 

 skilful butchers Paunch and entrails not usually eaten Lions not 

 bone-eaters Will eat putrid meat Will sometimes devour their own 

 kind Number of cubs at birth Check on inordinate increase of 

 carnivorous animals The lion's roar Diversity of opinion concerning 

 its power Probable explanation Volume of sound when several lions 

 roar in unison A nerve-shaking experience Lions silent when 

 approaching their prey Roar after killing And in answer to one 

 another Lions only roar freely in undisturbed districts Lions essenti- 

 ally game-killers But change their habits with circumstances Killing 

 lions with spear and shield Bambaleli's splendid courage Lions 

 killed by Bushmen with poisoned arrows Behaviour of domestic 

 animals in the presence of lions Cattle sometimes terrified, at other 

 times show no fear ....... Pages 85-97 



CHAPTER VI 



NOTES ON THE SPOTTED HY.ENA 



Character of hyaenas Contrasted with that of wolves Story illustrating the 

 strength and audacity of a spotted hycena How a goat was seized and 

 carried off A mean trick Boldness of hyo-nas near native villages 

 More suspicious in the wilderness Very destructive to native live stock 

 Will sometimes enter native huts Giving an old woman to the 

 hycenas How the smelling out of witches benefited the hyrenas 

 "Come out, missionary, and give us the witch" Number of hyrcnas 

 infesting Matabeleland in olden times Trials for witchcraft in Mata- 

 beleland Food of hyaenas Strength of jaws Charged by a wounded 

 hyaena Heavy trap broken up Killing hyttnas with set guns Hyaena 

 held by dogs Hyxna attacked by wild dogs Pace of hyaenas Curious 

 experience on the Mababi plain The hyaena's howl Rhinoceros calf 

 killed by hyicnas Smell of hycenas Hya;na meat a delicacy Small 

 cows and donkeys easily killed by hyx-nas Size and weight of the 

 spotted hyaena Number of whelps ..... 98-118 



CHAPTER VII 



NOTES ON WILD DOGS AND CHETAHS 



Wild dogs not very numerous Hunt in packs Attack herd of buffaloes 

 First experience with wild dogs Impala antelope killed Koodoo 

 cow driven into shed Koodoo driven to waggon Wild dogs not 

 dangerous to human beings Greatly feared by all antelopes Wild dog 

 pursuing sable antelope Great pace displayed Wild dogs capable 

 of running down every kind of African antelope General opinion as 



