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stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a 

 sight I shall never forget. Nearly six feet high, 

 with immense body, huge chest, and great mus- 

 cular arms, with fiercely glaring, large, deep 

 grey eyes, and a hellish expression of face. He 

 evidently was not afraid of us, but stood and 

 beat his breast with his huge fists till it re- 

 sounded like a kettle-drum. This is their mode 

 of defiance, as roar after roar succeeded each 

 other. He advanced a few steps, roaring all the 

 time, and finally to a distance of about six yards 

 from us, when we fired and killed him. With a 

 groan, which had something terribly human in 

 it, it fell forward on the face. The body shook 

 convulsively for a few minutes, the limbs moved 

 about in a struggling way, and then all was 

 quiet. The blacks were ready to fight for the 

 flesh of the gorilla, and were only pacified by the 

 promise of its being divided amongst them. It 

 seems to be a favourite food with them, although 

 it savours much of cannibalism." 



The following account of an attack of three 

 lions on a wild buffalo in Africa may interest 

 you. It is extracted from Dr. Livingstone** 

 travels in that country : 



"We were riding one afternoon alono* the 



