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and found him lying in some grass behind a small 

 bush. Being uncertain whether the lion was dead 

 or not, he asked his Boer friend to throw a stone 

 at him, and this brought on a charge at once. 

 Daniels' rifle missed fire, and he dropped it and 

 seized the lion by the ears and surrounding mane, 

 and, being a very powerful young fellow, held him 

 for some little time. This, however, could not 

 last, and soon Daniels was thrown down and bitten 

 severely in the knee and calf of his leg after which 

 the lion left him. 



Had the Boer been anything better than a sorry 

 cur, he could easily have killed the lion, or tried 

 to do so, before any serious damage was done, 

 but the fellow got a panic, and made at tip-top 

 speed for a Boer waggon camp a mile or so 

 distant, with his loaded gun in his hand. Here, 

 upon hearing the story, six or seven Boers 

 mounted, and after a while killed the lion, and 

 carried Daniels to his tent, where we found him 

 reduced to a skeleton, and evidently crippled for 

 life. 



Of course we camped at once and did what 

 was possible for the poor fellow, despatching a 

 messenger to Barberton asking for help, and a 



