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spear the lion, and he caught him by the shoul- 

 ders ; but at that moment the bullets he had 

 received took effect, and he fell down dead. 

 The whole was the work of a few moments, and 

 must have been the effort of dying rage. Dr. 

 Livingstone suffers from his wounds to the pre- 

 sent time. 



