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treated a few paces. As the fire began to blaze, 

 indeed, we could distinctly see him pacing to and 

 iro amongst the bushes on the edge of the river's 



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bank. 



He, moreover, forcibly reminded us of his pre- 

 sence by cruelly lacerating a small dog belonging 

 to one of the party, which had incautiously ap- 

 proached him to closely. By a slight touch of 

 his murderous paw he ripped up its body from head 

 to foot; but, notwithstanding that its entrails dragged 

 on the ground, the poor creature managed to crawl 

 to our lire, where it breathed its last in the course 

 of a few seconds. It was a most touching sight to 

 see the faithful animal wagging its tail in recogni- 

 tion of its master, who was trying to replace the 

 intestines, and to stop the flow of blood. 



The savage features of the natives, which received 

 an unnaturally wild character as the glare of the 

 half-blazing tire fell upon them; the dving dog, 

 with its wild master stooping despondingly over 

 him; the mutilated carcase of the zebra; and the 

 presence of the lion, within a few paces of us, pre- 

 sented one of the most striking scenes it, was ever 

 my fortune to witness. 



Delegorgue, also, testifies to the fact of the natives 

 of particular districts looking on the lion rather as 

 a blessing than a curse. 



" People," he says, " who, by reason of disastrous 

 wars, are compelled to live on the produce of the 

 ground, or those who, like the Bushmen, exist 

 solely by the chase, are far from showing hatred to 

 the lion. To these he is in no way hurtful ; but, 



