Five years in the Sudan . a safe distance in the hope of picking up afew bones when the others have finished their cry is a long-drawn howl of the most intensemelancholy; it is fascinating at a distance, as itswells out into the night; it is filled with the pathosof a quest which is beyond human understanding,but the illusion fades when heard at very closequarters, when it strikes one as being harsh and un-feeling. Hyenas possess enormous power of thejaw, and can easily break a donkeys leg with onesnap of the teeth. I never saw one alive while I was 218 FIVE YEARS IN THE SUDAN in th
Five years in the Sudan . a safe distance in the hope of picking up afew bones when the others have finished their cry is a long-drawn howl of the most intensemelancholy; it is fascinating at a distance, as itswells out into the night; it is filled with the pathosof a quest which is beyond human understanding,but the illusion fades when heard at very closequarters, when it strikes one as being harsh and un-feeling. Hyenas possess enormous power of thejaw, and can easily break a donkeys leg with onesnap of the teeth. I never saw one alive while I was 218 FIVE YEARS IN THE SUDAN in the Sudan ; they are exceedingly wily, and slinkaway at the first hint of an unaccustomed sound. The lions of the Blue Nile are far smaller thanthose of the White. My ill-luck regarding theseanimals pursued me here, and I never saw oneduring the eight months of almost continuous shoot-ing that I had in the district. Frequently I was hoton their trail, and I have heard them in the jungle,but I never caught a glimpse of
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