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need. Having madea circuit, they cautiously came 
up on the other side, and Lieuteriant Delamain, 
whose coolness in encounters with wild beasts had 
always been conspicuous, from a distance of about a 
dozen yards, fired at the lion over the person of the 
prostrate warrior. 
The lion merely quivered ; his head dropped upon 
the ground, and in an instant he lay dead on his 
side close to his intended victim. The lieutenant’s 
aim was so good and true, that it puts one in mind 
of what happened at Chevy Chase ; 
“¢ Against Sir Hugh Montgomery 
So right the shaft was set, 
The grey goose wing that was thereon 
In his heart’s blood was wet! ”’ 
Thus ended this ever-memorable homo-leonine 
encounter. I beg to return my thanks to Captain 
Woodhouse for allowing me to avail myself of it. 
From what has been related, a proof may be drawn 
of the utility of lying quite still when we have the 
misfortune to be struck to the ground by an animal 
of the cat tribe. 
I bade a long farewell to Captain Woodhouse and 
his two friends, Messrs. Kavanagh and Pontardent, 
at Frankfort on the Mayne. They were on their 
way to India, through Vienna and Constantinople. 
May honours, health, and wealth attend them! 
