GLORIOUS DOUBLE-SHOT. l'J7 



and left with my little rifle, I made the most glorious 

 double shot that a sportsman's heart could desire, 

 disabling them both in the shoulder before they 

 were even a\vare of my position. Then snatching 

 my other gun from Carey, who that moment had 

 ridden up to my assistance, I finished the first lion 

 with a shot about the heart, and brought the second 



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to a stand-still by disabling him in his hind quarters 

 He quickly crept into a dense, wide, dark green 

 bush, in which for a long time it was impossible to 

 obtain a glimpse of him. At length a clod of earth 

 falling near his hiding-place, he made a move which 

 disclosed to me his position, and I finished him with 

 three more shots, all along the middle of his back. 

 Carey swam across the river to flog off the dogs ; 

 and when these came through to me, I beat up the 

 peninsula in quest of the fourth lion, which had, 

 however made off. Wo then crossed the river 

 a little higher up, and proceeded to inspect the noble 

 prizes I had won. Both lions were well up in 

 their years. I kept the skin and skull of the finest 

 specimen, but only the claws and the tail of the other, 

 one of whose canine teeth was worn down to the 

 socket with caries, which seemed very much to have 

 effected his general condition." 



Paircs nii" - ht be filled wit.h somewhat similar ex- 



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ploits to the above of Gordon dimming; but I shall 

 confine myself to narrating two of his <//".>.<'>, as 

 proving in a remarkable manner the truth of my 

 statement in the first chapter, as to the little 1 elianee 

 dogs, however numerous and courageous they may 

 be, have against the lord of the lores.!. 



