CHAPTER IV. 



DARING OF THE LION SENTINEL CARRIED OFF BY A LION- 

 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY TWO FORMIDABLE " MAN-EATERS " 

 BUSHMAN KILLED BY A LION UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF A 

 " MAN-KILLER" BENEFIT CONFERRED ON THE CHILDREN OF 

 THE DESERT BY THE DEATH OF THE LION AIM'ALLI X<! CATAS- 

 TROPHEIRRUPTION OF A LION INTO A KRAAL DARING SHOT 

 OF A LION-HUNTERAUDACITY OF THE LION. 



BUT it is not only during the breeding season, 

 and when the cubs are small, that the lion 

 shows a bold front to the enemy, for at other times, 

 more especially in the night season, he frequently 

 exhibits a decree of courage and audacitv that 



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almost exceeds belief. 



" The waggons and cairle had been put up for the 

 night," says the Landrost, .lah Stem-berg, in de- 

 scribing a journey of his into the interior, "when 

 about midnight the cattle suddenly got into complete 

 confusion. About thirty paces from the tent Mood 

 a lion, which on seeing us walked away deliberately 

 about thirty paces farther, behind a small thorn- 

 bush, carrying something with him which I look 

 to be a young ox. \Ye iired m<>iv than sixty 

 shots at the bush. The south-east wind blew strong, 

 the sky was clear, and the moon shone very brightly, 

 so that we could perceive anything at a >hort dis- 



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