Conan Bow 2

And now from the shadows dark shapes came silently, swiftly, running low—twenty great spotted hyenas… Conan drew nock to ear, and at the twang of the string a flame-eyed shadow bounded high and fell writhing. The rest did not falter; on they came, and like a rain of death among them fell the arrows of the Cimmerian, driven with all the force and accuracy of steely thews backed by a hate hot as the slag-heaps of hell… Less than half of them reached the foot of the pyramid. Others dropped upon the broad steps.
-	Queen of the Black Coast (chapter 4)