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Lee giving them each a -finishing bullet. AVe then 

 remounted and galloped on, Lee shot at another 

 antelope and wounded it severely, and I fired at 

 and broke the hind leg of a quagga. The game 

 all made oiF as best they could, and I could do no 

 more, being perfectly exhausted. I had dis- 

 mounted and fired seven times, and galloped very 

 hard for nearly two miles. We " off-saddled " 

 and had a little In'eakfast, of which whisky-and- 

 water was the princi^Dal element. The sun was 

 very hot. Lee was certain that we should pick 

 up five or six antelope and two quaggas, but these 

 hopes were ultimately disappointed. After a 

 hurried repast we got on our horses and rode to 

 the camp, within a mile of which we fortunately 

 found ourselves, arri\'ing there about midday. 



Captain Williams and the " Baboon " had not 

 returned as we had hoped ; so, after Avaiting for 

 them in vain for an hour and a half, we started 

 back again to hunt uj) the wounded lions, taking 

 with us Alyberg, armed Avitli a smooth-bore and 

 ball cartridge, and the three dogs. My servant 

 Walden being very anxious to accompany ns, after 

 some hesitation I permitted him to come on con- 

 dition that when we approached the ^ilace where 

 the lions were he should ascend a tree. He was 

 armed with a Martini-Henry rifle, and led the 

 dogs. I had no horse for him to i-ide. I thought 

 we were going to ha^'e a nastv Inisiness, for Lee 

 said that the other lions would probably stay near 

 their wounded fellows or would come ])ack to look 

 for them. AVe tra^'ersed the jjlace ^^-here we had 



