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again, and became perfectly unmanageable. During the 

 scuffle between the elephant and his driver, we heard the 

 cry that the lioness was again off. She again crossed 

 the Nullah, and just as we had got our elephant to 

 go well in, the lioness ran back and crouched under a 

 thicket on our left, where she had been originally started. 

 All this happened in less than a minute. Eraser then 

 called to us to come round the bush, as the lioness 

 being on a line with us, we prevented him from firing. 

 Just as we got out of his reach, he fired, and when the 

 elephant stopped I did the same. Both shots took effect, 

 and the lioness lay and growled in a hollow, mellow tone. 

 After a few discharges she tried to sally forth, but her 

 loins were cut to pieces, which was fortunate for us, as 

 her fore parts seemed strong and unhurt. She reared 

 herself upon them, and cast towards us a look that 

 bespoke revenge, complaint, and dignity. Her head, half 

 averted from us, was turned back as if ready to start 

 at us, if the wounds in her loins had not disabled her. 

 As it was now a mercy to put an end to her sufferings, 

 I took a steady aim, and shot her through the head. 

 She fell dead at once, and her lower jaw was carried 

 away. She was drawn up the bank and pronounced 

 to be two years old. She had thrown one man down, 

 and got him completely under her with his turban in 

 her mouth, when a shot grazed her side. She immedi- 

 ately left her hold and crossed the canal, where we first 

 perceived her.' 



There used to be, and perhaps is still, a lion in the 

 Menagerie of Brussels, whose cell requiring some repairs, 

 his keeper desired a carpenter to set about them ; but 

 when he saw the lion, he drew back with terror. The 

 keeper entered the cell, and then led the animal to the 



