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thigh. Another man, whose life I had saved before, aftei 

 he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to spear the 

 lion while he was biting Mebalwe. He left Mebilwe and 

 caught this man by the shoulder; but at that moment the 

 bullets he had received took effect, and he fell down dead. 

 The whole was the work of a few moments, and must have 

 been his paroxysm of dying rage. In order to take out the 

 charm from him, the Bakatla, on the following day, made a 

 huge bonfire over the carcass, which was declared to be 

 the largest lion they had ever seen. Besides crunching the 

 bone into splinters, he left eleven teeth wounds on the upper 

 part of my arm. A wound from this animal's tooth resembles 

 a gunshot wound. It is generally followed by a great deal 

 of sloughing and discharge, and pains are felt in the part 

 periodically ever after. I had on a tartan jacket on the 

 occasion, and I believe that it wiped off all the virus from 

 the teeth that pierced the flesh; for my two companions in 

 this affray have both suffered from the peculiar pains, while 

 I have escaped with only the inconvenience of a false joint in 

 my limb." 

 A Thrilling Professor Lichtenstein, in his " Travels " gives a 

 Experience, thrilling story of a Boer's adventure with a lion, 

 which he had from the lips of the Boer himself. " It is now," 

 said the colonist, "more than two years since, in the very 

 place where we stand, I ventured to lake one of the most 

 daring shots that ever was hazarded. My wife was sitting 

 within the house near the door, the children were playing 

 about her, and I was without, near the house, busied in 

 doing something to a waggon, when suddenly, though it 

 was mid-day, an enormous lion appeared, came up and laid 

 himself quietly down in the shade upon the very threshold 

 of the door. My wife, either frozen with fear, or aware of 

 the danger of attempting to fly, remained motionless in her 

 place, while the children took refuge in her arms. The cry 

 they uttered attracted my attention, and I hastened towards 



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