Instead, to his great amazement, he saw the head of a hyena protruding from the distended side of the largest elephant.

It was inside the elephant and was looking out, as through a window.

A single shot finished the hyena, after which a more careful examination was made.
There are two theories as to what really happened.

One is that the hyena ate its way into the inside of the elephant, then gorged itself so that its stomach was distended to such proportions that it couldn't get through the hole by which it had entered the carcass.
[Drawing: _The Hyena Episode_] The other theory is that, after eating its way into the elephant, it started to eat its way out by a different route.

When its head emerged the heavy muscles of the elephant's side inclosed about its neck like a vise, entrapping the hyena as effectively as though it had its head in a steel trap.