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was amused to observe a jackal in attendance on 
the pair. Every now and then he would come too 
close to the zebra, when the lion would make a 
short rush at him and scare him away. The little 
jackal looked most ridiculous, scampering off before 
the huge beast with his tail well down; but no 
sooner did the lion stop and return to his meal 
than he crept nearer again. The natives say, by 
the way, that a lion will eat every kind Ol anainia|—— 
including even other lions—except a jackal or a 
hyena. I was also interested to notice the way in 
which the lion got at the flesh of the zebra; he took 
a short run at the body, and putting his claws well 
into the skin, in this manner tore off great strips of 
the hide. : 
While I was thus studying the picture, my 
followers became impatient at my inactivity, and 
coming up to the top of the rise, showed them- 
selves on the sky-line. The lions saw them at once, 
turning round and standing erect to stare at them. 
There was not an atom of cover to be seen, nor 
any chance of taking advantage of the rolling 
ground, for it did not slope in the required direction ; 
so I started to walk in the open in a sidelong 
direction towards the formidable-looking pair. They 
allowed me to come a hundred yards or so nearer 
them, and then the lioness bolted, the lion following 
her at a more leisurely trot. As soon as they left 
