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Quenching their Thirst Elephant and Ehinoceros at the Water Lion's 

 Voice Joined by Macalacas and Mashoonas Bonty's Head cut open 

 by some wild Beast 383 



CHAPTER XXXIY. 



THE LION OF THE GREAT THIRST LAND. 



No Water Ruby's Faintness Her Splendid Behaviour Meeting with a 

 Lion His Lordship turns tail We come upon Water Meet with 

 English Traders outspanned A Pleasant Time Dine with one another 

 My Wagon and theirs Excellent Feed A Lion within easy reach of me 

 Prefer not to be snapped up Bayed at by Curtin's Dog Oxen pre- 

 pared against Attack Strange Mashoona Custom We Part About 

 the Baobab The species of Lions Black-maned Yellow-maned 

 Their Characters Maneless The Lion of the Great Thirst Land- 

 North and South Africa . .398 



CHAPTER XXXY. 



A THUNDERSTORM IN THE GREAT THIRST LAND. 



Ruby's first and only Disobedience Having a Good Time A Eare Chase 

 On the Koad again A Storm brewing Lightning A Halt Is the 

 Wagon safe ? A Suggestion that clears the Wagon in the twinkling of 

 an Eye The Storm subsides The Face of Nature next Morning I ride 

 on to Soshong The Silver-tree A Migration of Reptiles Bonty over- 

 takes me Near Kama's Cattle Kraals TJgly Natives Can't get 

 Information as to my Way Suspicious People Must I sleep out ? Mr. 

 Mackenzie's " Herd " . 411 



CHAPTER XXXYI. 



I LEAVE SOSHONG AND KAMA. 



My Wagon reaches Soshong The poor Oxen glad to see me Religious Ser- 

 vice at Mr. Mackenzie's Thoughts suggested by it The Pastor 



The Worshippers My Team broken up and sold off Among the 

 Traders of Soshong Geordie An Illicit Still Consequences of trying 

 to set up a sly Grog Shop A great Authority in Literature and 

 Science King Kama bids me Farewell A favourite Haunt of Lions 

 A mighty Hunter Mr. Finnety Some of his Exploits Seven Lions 

 slain in twenty-four hours Artfulness of Lions Sense of Smell 

 versus Sense of Sight How the Lions bag their Victims Lion not to 

 be feared by Day Are they Dangerous? The Leopard's Charge. . 421 



