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preys on all the larger varieties of the antelopes, and on both varie- 

 ties of the gnoo. The zel>ra, which is met with in large herds 

 throughout the interior, is also a favorite object of his pursuit. 



Lions do not refuse, as has been asserted, to feed upon the 

 vension that they have not killed themselves. I have repeatedly 

 discovered lions of all ages which had taken possession of, and were 

 feasting upon, the carcases of various game quadrupeds which hac/ 

 fallen before my rifie. 



The lion is very generally diffused throuehout the secluded 



LIONS CAPTURING A BUFFALO. 



parts of Southern Africa. He is, however, nowhere met with in 

 great abundance, it being very rare to find more than three, or even 

 two families of lions frequenting the same district and drinking at 

 the same fountain. When a greater number w^ere met with, I 

 remarked it was owing to long-protracted droughts, which, by dry- 

 ing nearly all the fountains, had compelled the game of various 

 districts to crowd the remaining springs, and the lions, according 

 to their custom, followed in the wake. 



