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need. Having made a circuit, they cautiously came 

 up on the other side, and Lieutenant Delamain^ 

 whose coolness in encounters with wild beasts had 

 always been conspicuous, from a distance of about a 

 dozen yards, fired at the lion over the person of the 

 prostrate warrior. 



The lion merely quivered ; his head dropped upon 

 the ground, and in an instant he lay dead on his 

 side close to his intended victim. The lieutenant's 

 aim was so good and true, that it puts one in mind 

 of what happened at Chevy Chase ; 



" Against Sir Hugh Montgomery 



So right the shaft was set, 

 The grey goose wing that was thereon 

 In his heart's blood was wet ! " 



Thus ended this ever-memorable homo-leonine 

 encounter. I beg to return my thanks to Captain 

 Woodhouse for allowing me to avail myself of it. 

 From what has been related, a proof may be drawn 

 of the utility of lying quite still when we have the 

 misfortune to be struck to the ground by an animal 

 of the cat tribe. 



I bade a long farewell to Captain Woodhouse and 

 his two friends, Messrs. Kavanagh and Pontardent, 

 at Frankfort on the Mayne. They were on their 

 way to India, through Vienna and Constantinople. 

 May honours, health, and wealth attend them ! 



