PKEPAHING TO CUT UP A RHINOCEROS. 



CHAPTER VI 



A "BATTUE" WITH NATIVES UNEXPLORED COUNTRY 

 GIANTS ON THE DECLINE 



A lion hunt The muzzle-loader in the hands of natives A shower of 

 bullets The wounded Precautions to be taken with firearms Period 

 for meeting with lions The expedition moves In the rhinoceros 

 country Pursuit of the rhinoceros -AVorn-out horns Beauty and laws 

 of nature. 



AT the moment we are preparing to leave Makanga 

 with the whole expedition, the king of the country, 

 to whom I have already said farewell, sends to in- 

 form me that a lion is committing many depredations 

 in neighbouring villages, and that if I wish to try to 

 kill it he will give me immediately all the men 

 necessary for a " battue." As it will, after all, only 

 mean being late a day or two, and will give me an 

 opportunity of adding a fresh trophy to my collection 



