. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. XXIV GNUS AND DUIKERS 305 explorers, riraiit, Speke, or Coke ; or scioiitifif zoologists, Lirhtenstein ami Guiither. Among the foes of the antelope mention must he made of the wild dog [Lycaou jnetiis). This animal is something like a hyajna, and is often mistaken for a small hj'sena. The wild dogs hunt in packs, which usually number fifteen; they may be as many as fifty. The Wild Dog, the terror of antelopes ; it hunts in packs. and as fe
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. XXIV GNUS AND DUIKERS 305 explorers, riraiit, Speke, or Coke ; or scioiitifif zoologists, Lirhtenstein ami Guiither. Among the foes of the antelope mention must he made of the wild dog [Lycaou jnetiis). This animal is something like a hyajna, and is often mistaken for a small hj'sena. The wild dogs hunt in packs, which usually number fifteen; they may be as many as fifty. The Wild Dog, the terror of antelopes ; it hunts in packs. and as few as four. One dog may hunt on its own account, and Selous has given an account of the per- sistent and determined manner in which these vicious animals pursue their prey. He was an eye-witness of a wild dog pursuing a sable antelope. The dog ran by the side of the running animal, and, springing up from time to time, would bite the antelope in the flank. X. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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