102 WILD BOGY-MEN. 
within him. Without a sound, or a hint, or 
a warning, a great, gaunt, slouching, shaggy 
lion appeared full in the moon-bars, walking 
straight towards him. ‘The brute was within 
a dozen feet, and. 
Suddenly the whole air seemed to fill 
with a long, wicked, steam-like hiss, which 
emanated, as much as anywhere, from the 
ground ‘twixt lion and fawn. The lion did 
not pause in his stride. He went clean up 
in the air sideways, and landed four yards to 
the right. Then he passed on hurriedly. A 
snake, it seemed—a cobra—had barred his 
path. 
And ten minutes later the doe-impala 
arrived, and led her offspring away to the 
herd. He had, she judged, reached the age 
when, though still so young, he could follow 
her at a gallop. 
