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hands and foot towards the other side of the pool; 

 when, coming to my waggon-driver, to inform him 

 of our danger, I found him looking, with no littlo 

 alarm, in an opposite direction, and with good 

 reason, as no fewer than two lions, with a cub, were 

 eyeing us both, apparently as uncertain about us 

 as we were distrustful of them. They appeared, as 

 they always do in the dark, twice the usual size. 

 We thankfully decamped to the waggon, and sat 

 down to keep alive our scanty fire, while we listened 

 to the lion tearing and devouring his prey. When any 

 of the other hungry lions dared to approach, he would 

 pursue them for some paces, with a horrible howl, 

 which made our poor oxen tremble, and produced 

 anything but agreeable sensations in ourselves. We 



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had reason for alarm, lest any of the six lions we 

 saw, fearless of our small tire, miofht rush in amonu: 



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us. The two Barolongs were grudging the lion his 

 fat meal, and would now and then break the silence 

 with a deep sigh and expressions of regret ' that 

 a vagabond lion should have such a feast on 

 their cow,' which they anticipated would have 

 afforded them many a draught of luscious milk. 

 Ho fore the day dawned, having deposited nearly the 

 whole of the carcase in his stomach, he collected 

 the head, backbone, parts of the legs, t he paunch, 

 which lie emptied of its contents, and the two clubs 

 which had been thrown at him, and walked oil, 

 leaving nothing but some fragments of bones, and 

 one of inv balls, which had hit the carcase, instead 

 of himself." 



Again, "It is now more than two years ago, 



