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all huddled into a corner, where they had stood paralysed by 

 terror. I examined all the carcases carefull), and found that 

 every one had been killed by a single bite in the head. In 

 every case the long fang-teeth had been driven deep into the 

 brains, which in several cases protruded from the fractured skulls. 

 One sheep had been eaten in the kraal, and a goat had been 

 dragged away to be devoured at leisure ; and the assurance of 

 this lion may be imagined when I say that the spot where he 

 had taken up his quarters for the day was within three hundred 

 yards of the compound on the top of the hill. 



