40 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
at bay, with head held 
low between his shoul- 
ders, growling hoarsely, 
and with twitching tail, 
even if he is not near 
enough to be observed 
very closely, a lion looks 
a very savage and 
dangerous animal; but 
should he be wounded 
in such a way as to admit 
of a near approach— 
perhaps by a shot that 
has paralyzed his hind- 
quarters—his flaming 
eyes will seem to throw 
out sparks of living fire. 
Speaking generally, 
there is little or no 
danger in meeting a 
lion or lions in the day- 
ial 
[Hamburg 
By permission of Herr Carl Hagenbeck) 
LIONESS AND TIGER time. Even in parts of 
The straightness of the Stone s’s tail is here shown, It is not in the least like that of the tiger or the country where fire- 
of the cat > 
arms are unknown, and 
where the natives seldom or never interfere with them, these animals seem to have an instinctive 
fear of man, and even when encountered at the carcase of an animal freshly killed, and at a time 
when they may be supposed to be hungry, they will almost invariably retreat before the unwelcome 
presence, sometimes slowly and sulkily, but in districts where much hunting with firearms has been 
going on at avery rapid pace. However, I have known of two cases of Europeans mounted on 
horseback having been attacked by lions in broad daylight, and Dr. Livingstone mentions a third. 
In one of the instances which came within my own knowledge, a lion sprang at a Boer hunter as he 
was riding slowly along, carrying an elephant-gun in his right hand and followed by a string of 
natives on foot. The lion attacked from the left side, and with its right paw seized my friend from 
behind by the right side of his face and neck, inflicting deep gashes with its sharp claws, one of 
which cut right through his cheek and tore out one of his teeth. My friend was pulled from his 
horse, but, clutching the loosely girthed saddle tightly with his knees, it twisted round under the 
horse's belly before he fell to the ground. Instead of following up its success, the lion, probably 
scared by the shouting of the Kaffirs, trotted away for a short distance, and then turned and stood 
looking at the dismounted hunter, who, never having lost his presence of mind, immediately shot it 
dead with his heavy old muzzle-loading elephant-gun. Besides these three instances of Europeans 
having been attacked in the daytime by lions, I have known of a certain number of natives having 
been killed in broad daylight. Such incidents are, however, by no means every-day occurrences, 
and, speaking generally, it may be said that the risk of molestation by lions in Africa during day- 
light is very small. It is by night that lions roam abroad with stealthy step in search of prey; 
and at such times they are often, when hungry, incredibly bold and daring. I have known them 
upon several occasions to enter a hunter's camp, and, regardless of fires, to seize oxen and horses 
and human beings. 
During the year following the first occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, a great deal of 
damage was done by lions, which could not resist the attractions of the settlers’ live stock. For 
the first few months I kept as accurate an account as I could of the number of horses, donkeys, 
