HUNTING A LION. 



.hey went off' after the hyaenas and jackals: we listened in vain 

 for the deep growl of the Jion, but I was persuaded that he was 

 dead, and rode forward to the spot where I had last heard him 

 growl. Lassie, DOW coming up, commenced barking at a bush 

 in front of me, and, riding round, I had the immense satisfaction 

 to bein, Id the most magnificent old black-maned lion stretched out 

 before me. 



The ball had entered his belly a little before the flank, and 

 traversed the length and breadth of his body, crippling him in the 

 opposite shoulder. No description could give a correct idea of 

 he surpassing beauty of this most majestic animal, as he lay still 

 warm before me. 1 lighted a fire and gazed with delight upon 

 his lovely mane, his massive arms, his sharp yellow nails, his 

 hard and terrible head, his immense and powerful teeth, his 

 perfect beauty and symmetry throughout ; and I felt that I had 

 won the noblest prize that this wide world could yield to a sports- 

 man. Having about fifteeen natives with me, I sent for rheims 

 and the iechter-uit, and we bore the lion to camp. 



