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Title: The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 Knight, C. R., ill Gleeson, Joseph M. (Joseph Michael), 1861- ill
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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they saw two large vulturesalighting upon the carcasses and said, How keen isthe sight of the vultures ! we have left them a goodmeal. The two vultures made a bountiful repastand said to themselves : Soon it will be sunset. To-morrow we will come again. In the mean time the mboyos had departed for thethickest part of the forest. That same night could have been seen at some dis-tance through the dim moonlight, for the moon wason the wane, a pack of ugly-looking striped hyenas.As they walked along, they looked queer, with theirforelegs higher than their hind ones ; they were prowl-ing in search of food. Twice they all gave a peculiarcry, horrid to listen to, which filled the country formiles with its reverberations. They walked silently, sniffing the air as they wentalong. Suddenly they scented meat. At this dis-covery there was great excitement among all of them,for they wanted a meal badly, being very hungry.The meat they scented was that of the kambis whichthe mboyos had killed. 266
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A pack of ugly-looking striped hyenas THE MBOYOS, OR JACKALS They hastened their pace and reached the carcassesof the kambis, and soon all were busy tearing theflesh, holding the pieces firmly on the ground withtheir forepaws, which are armed with big heavy claws. They ate every particle of the meat; only the barebones were left. Then they departed, grinning andsaying : If other hyenas come here, they will findonly bones. We do not care. We have had a boun-tiful meal. Then thev went toward the forest and j disappeared in its depths, not stopping until they cameto a very dark, dense region. Suddenly, like themboyos, they gave in chorus a hyena concert whichwas something unearthly and fearful. Early the next morning the two vultures left the treewhere they had spent the night, to return for the restof the kambi meat. They felt very happy at the pros-pect of getting an early breakfast, and said to each other, We will not leave this neighborhood until we haveeaten all the flesh, and this

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