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defy the most solemn Methodist to witness unmoved. 

 The nature of the man renders what I am going to 

 tell you appear more absurd than the real narrative 

 itself justifies ; but as I can't convey a proper idea 

 of that, I will just tell you what was told to me. 

 I must state first though, that the poor fellow got a 

 bad fall with his horse some years ago, by which 

 his leg was broken, and he has been obliged 

 ever since to wear some iron apparatus to assist 

 it, for the broken leg is considerably shorter than 

 the other. But though this necessarily obliges him 

 to hobble, he can scuttle over the ground at a won- 

 derful pace. In other respects he is a tall, good- 

 looking man. 



" He was out once lion-shooting in Kattiawar. 

 In some parts of the district, where it is tolerably 

 open, the sportsmen used to follow the game on 

 horseback, ride up within range, and then dismount 

 to get a shot, unless their beasts were steady enough 

 to stand fire from their backs. After the shot, they 

 quickly remounted and galloped off. In fact, some- 

 thing in the manner that the African way of con- 

 ducting the sport is described. 



" On one occasion, my friend had turned up a 

 couple of full-grown lions, and was following them 

 on the plain. He managed to get within range, 

 and, as his horse would not stand quiet enough for 



