owardly brute
the hyena."

"Indeed!"

"Yes, patience and perseverance on the hyena's part effected the work.
The rhinoceros takes a long while to turn round, and the hyena attacked
him behind, biting him with his powerful jaws above the joint of the
hind leg, and continued so to do, till he had severed all the muscles,
and the animal, forced from pain to lie down, was devoured as you may
say alive from behind; the hyena still tearing at the same quarter,
until he arrived at the vital parts. By the track which was marked by
the blood of the rhinoceros, the hyena must have followed the animal for
many miles, until the rhinoceros was in such pain that it could proceed
no further.--But if you are to hunt to-morrow at daybreak, it is time to
go to sleep; so good-night."

At daybreak the next morning, they took a hasty meal, and started again
for the plain. Swinton, having to prepare his specimens, did not
accompany them. There was a heavy fog on the plain when they arrived at
it, and they waited for a short time, skirting the south side of it,
with the view of drawing the animals toward the encampment. At last the
fog vanished, and discovered the whole country, as before, covered with
every variety of wild animals. But as their object was to obtain the
eland antelope, they remained stationary for some time, seeking for
those animals among the varieties which were scattered in all
directions. At last Omrah, whose eyes were far keener than even the
Hottentots', pointed out three at a distance, under a large acacia
thorn. They immediately rode at a trot in that direction, and the
various herds of quaggas, gnoos, and antelopes scoured away before them;
and so numerous were they, and such was the clattering of hoofs, that
you might have imagined that it was a heavy charge of cavalry. The
objects of their pursuit remained quiet until they were within three
hundred yards of them, and then they set off at a speed, notwithstanding
their heavy and unwieldy appearance, which for a short time completely
distanced the horses. But this speed could not be continued, and the
Major and Alexander soon found themselves rapidly coming up. The poor
animals exerted themselves in vain; their sleek coats first turned to a
blue color, and then white with foam and perspiration, and at last they
were beaten to a stand-still, and were brought down by the rifles of our
travelers, who then dismounted their horses, and walked up to the
quarry.

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