THE LION OF SOUTH AFKICA. 73 



"When we* descended we found all the animals 

 remarkably tame. The elephants stood beneath the 

 trees, fanning themselves with their large ears, as 

 if they did not see us at 200 or 300 yards' distance. 

 We saw great numbers of red-coloured pigs (pota- 

 mochoerus) standing gazing at us in wonder. 



" The number of animals was quite astonishing, and 

 made me think that here I could realize an image of 

 that time when Megatheria fed undisturbed in the 

 primeval forests." 



III. 



ANOTHER very characteristic feature of the dog-nosed 

 lion, is that individuals of this species often unite 

 together for the purpose of hunting large game. 



" In winter, during the daytime, one frequently sees," 

 writes Delegorgue, " bands of lions united together for 

 the purpose of encircling and driving the game towards 

 gorges and wooded passes difficult of access, where 

 some of their number are posted. These were regular 

 but noiseless battues, the scent of the lions being quite 

 sufficient to drive away the herbivorous animals that 

 came across it. On two occasions, and at only a few 

 minutes' interval, we had fallen into the centre of a 

 line of these beaters ; there were twenty oi first, thirty 



