of tbe 1Ro&, IRifle, ant) (Bun 



as usual, when in a hurry the bullet stuck in the barrel 

 and I could not drive it home. 



In this perplexity, to my astonishment my Arab 

 hunter advanced towards the wounded lion, with his 

 drawn sword grasped firmly in his right hand, while his 

 left held his projected shield, and thus unsupported and 

 alone, this determined fellow marched slowly forward 

 until within a few yards of the lion, which, instead of 

 rushing to attack, crept like a coward into impenetrable 

 thorns, and was seen no more. The Arab subsequently 

 explained that he had acted in this manner, hoping that 

 the lion would have crouched preparatory to a spring ; 

 he would then have halted, and the delay would have 

 given me time to load." 



In common with most other hunters of big game, 

 Sir Samuel Baker considered the buffalo of Asia and 

 Africa the most dangerous of all beasts to the hunter. 



" The charge of a buffalo," he says, " is a very serious 

 matter ; many animals charge when infuriated, but they 

 can generally be turned by the stunning effect of a 

 rifle shot, even though they may not be mortally 

 wounded ; but a buffalo is a devil incarnate when it 

 has once decided upon the offensive. Nothing will 

 then turn it; it must be actually stopped by death, 

 sudden and instantaneous, as nothing else will stop it. 

 If not killed it will assuredly destroy its adversary. 

 There is no creature in existence that is so determined 

 to stamp out the life of its opponents, and the intensity 

 of fury is unsurpassed when a wounded bull buffalo 

 rushes forward upon the last desperate charge. Should 

 it succeed in overthrowing its antagonist it will not 



