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I counted eight all present at one time, and one of these, more inquisitive than the rest, came sniffing round my boma to see what was there, and so paid for his curiosity with his life. He proved to be of a rather rare kind, the striped hyaena.

In the Grip of the Nyika: Further Adventures in British East Africa - Page 267
by John Henry Patterson - 1909 - 389 pages
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Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Volume 42

American Geographical Society of New York - Electronic journals - 1910 - 1090 pages

...so paid for his curiosity with his life. He proved to be of a rather rare kind, the striped hyena. '"A night -such as this spent among the animals in...many a toilsome march in this hot and thirsty land." GEOGRAPHICAL RECORD THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. A regular meeting of...

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