THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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HYENA HOUNDS PURSUING A BEISA. 
very clever in dealing with such interruptions to his enjoyments. He will 
approach the gun back of the barrel, and, having gnawed the cord enjoy the 
bait which he has converted into a harmless provision for a meal. So, too, he 
will seize the set lines of the fishermen, drag them away until the fish has 
been landed, and then, returning to the other end of the line, enjoy at his 
leisure the returns for his cleverness. 
Two wolves when hunting once displayed very great cleverness. One of 
them concealed 
itself in a ditch 
while the other 
m'ade a wide cir¬ 
cuit, and getting 
behind a herd of 
antelopes drove 
them towards the 
ditch where one of 
them fell a. victim 
to its unsuspected 
foe. Darwin 
authenticates the 
statement that 
wolves , like men, 
will station a 
guard to the lee¬ 
ward of a herd of 
deer, while the rest . 
of the pack goes to the windward and drives the herd into the jaws of death, 
_ The buffalo is at times 
pursued by a pack of wolves , 
which will finally manage to 
hamstring him. On the west¬ 
ern plains a hunter found a 
tired buffalo watched by two 
wolves , who, attacking him only 
when he lay down, or else 
merely feigning attack, were 
about to see him fall a victim. 
It is said that wolves when- 
found in a trap will unresist¬ 
ingly submit to any treatment, 
and on one occasion when a 
woman fell into a pit, she found that a similar fate had happened to a wolf, and 
that it was as harmless as a fawning cur. That the wolf should always be hungry 
is not a matter of his own choice, and his tireless persisting is an admirable 
quality, although to us it may seem like persistence in ill doing. The thrill¬ 
ing adventures with wolves have been many, but none, perhaps, has surpassed 
in interest that of the woman who escaped by sacrificing her children, one at 
a time, and who, upon arrival at the village, was punished for murder, 
though it is difficult to understand why, since she could not save them. 
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AFRICAN WIED DOG. 
