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I retreated in disorder. " Hector" very quickly caught him, and 

 the rest helped, so I ran up close and caught them fighting. 

 (No. 9.) Hardy had got around opposite me, and Wells 

 had closed up when the lion charged me, so I caught them 

 both at "ready." Wells then concluded to stop the fight, so 

 told Hardy to kill the lion, which he did. 



Pat came up a little later, so I grouped the three and part 

 of the dogs back of the lion, and snapped them. (No. 10.) This 

 lion was about the largest I ever saw, measuring seven feet five 

 inches from tip to tip before skinning. I think his hide, 

 stretched, would have measured ten feet easily. He was thirty- 

 one inches high at shoulder, thirty-three inches girth just back 

 of fore legs, thirty-six inches girth at center of body, and 

 twenty-five inches at flank ; the forehead was six inches between 

 his ears, the girth of the neck eighteen inches, and around his 

 fore leg thirteen inches ; his tail formed one third of his length. 



