280 LARGE GAME. chap. v. 



was now little left of the zebra but a few bones, which 

 hundreds of vultures were circling round waiting to pick, 

 while almost an equal number hopped awkwardly about 

 on the ground within fifty or sixty yards of it ; and the 

 whole lion family walked quietly away, the lioness leading, 

 and the lion, often turning his head to see that they were 

 not followed, bringing up the rear. 



In the valuable work on " The Lion and the Elephant," 

 written by the late Charles Andersson, and edited by Mr. 

 Lloyd, the following passage occurs, when speaking of the 

 former of those two animals : — " Occasionally, moreover, 

 he attacks and kills the buffalo," and this was commented 

 on in a review of that work in Land and Water in the 

 following words : — 



" This is rather a mild way of putting it, when the lion is well 

 known to almost live on buffalo in such districts as they are 

 common, urged thereto by the fact that, keeping under cover, and 

 sleeping, as they do, during nearly the whole day, they are more 

 easily stalked by his majesty than the open flat-loving and wary 

 antelopes." 



It would not have been necessary to mention this here 

 had not Mr. Lloyd, while writing to find fault with other 

 criticisms in that review with which we have nothing now 

 to do, written the following paragraphs, the perusal of 

 which by one ignorant of the subject might lead him to 

 believe that the statement of the reviewer in Land and 

 Water was incorrect, and that the Hon does not princi- 

 pally feed on buffalo under the conditions enumerated by 

 him : — 



" Other faults have been found by your critic with Andersson, 

 especially as regards a statement of his respecting the animals on 

 which the lion preys ; but as another little work of his is likely 



