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all huddled into a corner, where they had stood paralysed by 
terror. I examined all the carcases carefully, 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. - 
