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CHAPTER IX. 



LION-CHASE BY NATIVES HABIT OF THE LION WHEN SEIZING HIS 

 PREY THE CAFFRE MODE OF KILLING THE LION THE SHIELD 

 THE KING RING-HUNT ON A GRAND SCALE BUSHMAN 

 METHOD OF KILLING THE LION RESCUE OF A LION-HUNTER 

 DARING HUNTERS PURSUIT OF THE LION BY THE AGAGEIRS. 



proceed. By the natives of Southern Africa 

 of the interior at least the lion is gene- 

 rally hunted on foot, and where fire-arms are want- 

 ing, as is generally the case, the men are seldom 

 otherwise armed than with the assegais and the 

 bow and arrow. As with the Colonists and Euro- 

 peans, however, they are for the most part accom- 

 panied by numerous dogs, which are undoubtedly a 

 great protection. 



Their manner of conducting the clmsxe. of this 

 beast varies somewhat; and, in certain districts 

 methods, both singular and curious, are adopted for 

 the furtherance of his destruction. 



As said in the first chapter, it is the general belief 

 among the natives that when the lion is in the act 

 of seizing its victim, and until such times as he has 

 deprived it of life, he, for some reason or other, 

 closes his eyes. Of this fact, the Cadres, bordering 



