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The latter, in full enjoyment of his red draught, saw nothing of this 

 manoeuvre. The first intimation he had of it was tO' feel a pair of spears 

 pierced through his ribs, and it is not likely he felt much more. 



For some moments a confused struggle was observed, in which both lion 

 and oryx seemed to take part; but the attitudes of both appeared so odd, 



A SOUTH AFRICAN GEMSBOK. 



and changed so rapidly, that we could not tell in what manner they were 

 combating. In a few moments the roar of the lion ceased, and we knew that 

 he was dead. 



We had crawled closer to witness the result of the battle, and were now 

 within easy range for a shot. One of my Kaffir boys raised his rifle and 



