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of the river. In wetter seasons they are distributed far 
and wide, so long as water exists in the khors inland, 
and only draw down to the Nile when all else is dried 
up. That may not occur until the month of March. 
There are, however, known watering-places a few marches 
inland in the neighbourhood of which elephants may 
always be found. 
Two curious incidents befell in these woods:—Close 
in front of our course grew a thick leafy bush among 
Striped Hyena, shot near Gondokoro. 
waist-deep grass. Though not particularly looking that 
way, a glimpse of something that quickly vanished behind 
the bush caught my eye. Had we been at home it 
might have been the tip of a fox’s brush. By retracing 
a step or two, within a few seconds I circled round 
behind the bush and at once saw, through a tracery of 
grass-tops, the outline of a broad flat head; the ears 
being laid flat a-back, looked small, and I half-thought 
the crouching beast might be a lioness, so lost no time 
in placing a Paradox ball between neck and shoulder. 
The animal proved to be a striped hyena, male, weight 
70 lb. This hyena had been lying asleep in the shade, 
