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hind foot underneath him, and so clung, but only for a 

 moment ; for the poor beast, maddened by fright and pain, 

 and unable to stand up under the extra weight, became un- 

 manageable, threw his head up, and swerved under the project- 

 ing bough of a tree which, striking me on the chest, swept me 

 from the saddle against the lioness, and we rolled to the ground 

 together. A sharp rap on the head, from my having fallen on a 

 stump, stunned me for a minute or two, and I woke to life to 



' Post equitem sedet " fulva " cura ' The lioness does the scansion 



find John kneeling alongside ot me, asking me if I was dead, 

 which was a needless question, seeing I was at the time sit- 

 ting up rubbing my eyes. ' What's the matter ? ' I said, but 

 at the same instant I heard the dogs again baying fifty yards 

 off, and recollection came back. Rising to my feet, I stag- 

 gered like a drunken man, rather than walked towards the 

 sound, and propped myself up against a tree, for I was still 

 weak and dazed ; indistinctly I could occasionally see both 

 dogs and lioness. Presently, something broke through the 



