MANELLSS LION. 



and patience in the ])ui\suit ot tlic switt-lootcd antelope or powerful buftalo, the 

 Lion prowls about the villages, thinking to find an easy prey in the man, woman, 

 or child that may happen to stray from the protecting guardianship of the kraal 

 and its dogs. Unarmed, man is weaker of limb, slower of foot, and less vigilant 

 of senses than any of the wild animals, and therefore is a victim than can be slain 

 without much trouble. 



A cuiious property connected with the Lion's tooth is worthy of notice. It 

 has happened that, when a man has been bitten by a Lion, and escaped from its 

 fangs, he has long felt the after effects of the injniy, and this in a singular 



