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but in vain ; nobody answered, from wbich I con- 

 cluded he was earned off. Three or four men then 

 advanced very cautiously to the bush, which stood 

 right opposite the door of the tent, to see if they 

 could discover any thing of the man, but returned 

 helter-skelter; for the lion, who was still there, rose 

 up, and began to roar. About a hundred shots were 

 again fired at the bush, without perceiving any thing 

 of the lion. This induced one of the men again to 

 approach it with a firebrand in his hand ; but as soon 

 as he approached the bush, the lion roared terribly, 

 and leaped at him, on which he threw the firebrand 

 at him, and the other people having fired about ten 

 shots at him, he returned immediately to his former 

 station. 



" The firebrand which he had thrown at the lion 

 had fallen in the midst of the bush, and, favoured 

 by the wind, it began to burn with a great flame, so 

 that we could see very clearly into it, and through 

 it. We continued our firing into it: the night passed 

 away, and the day began to break, which animated 

 every one to fire at the lion, because he could not 

 lie there, without exposing himself entirely. Seven 

 men, posted at the farthest waggons, watched to 

 take aim at him as he came out. At last, before it 

 became quite light, he walked up the hill with the 

 man in his mouth, when about forty shots were fired 

 without hitting him." He persevered in retaining 

 the prey amidst the fire and shot, and amidst it all 

 carried it securely off. For the satisfaction of the 



