Mr. Cumming's servant, Hendrich, killed by a Man-eating Lion. 



although one of the antelopes, the Oryx, or gemsbok, not unfrequently avenges its own death by the 

 destruction of ,fa pursuer its long straight horns impaling the Lion from side to°side. The two skeletons 



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" One of the mot striking things connected with the Lion is his voice, which is extremely grand and 

 pecu harly s taking. It consists at times, of a low, deep moaning, repeated five or six times endin ™n 

 faintly audible sig s; at other times he startles the forest with loud, deep toned, solemn roar's repeated 

 nve or six times in quick succession, each increasing in loudness to the third or fourth, when his voiceMies 

 away in live or six low, muffled sounds, very much resembling distant thunder. At times and not unfre- 

 quently a troop may be heard roaring in concert, one assuming the lead, and two, three or four more regu- 

 larly taking up their parts like persons singing a catch." ° 



" As a general rule Lions roar during the night, their sighing moans commencing as the shades t of evening 

 envelope the forest, and continuing at intervals throughout the night. In distant and secluded regions? 

 however, I have constantly heard them roaring loudly as late as nine and ten o'clock on a bright 8 °anuy 



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Asiatic Lion. 



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Persian Lion. 



