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the waggon, I replied, they were too fatigued : " Ah !" 

 said he, " let them once get scent of a lion, and they'll 

 soon forget their fatigue." On the present occasion, 

 however, our jaded beasts did not feel at all disposed 

 to give any evidence of terror by quickening their 

 pace. 



As evening drew near, we felt anxious for the 

 return of our man, who had been sent back for the 

 dog, particularly as he would have to pass the scene 

 of our recent adventure before he could overtake us. 

 We were, however, too close to the lion's lair to 

 permit delay ; turning, therefore, the angle of the 

 table-topped mountain, we crossed the opposite plain, 

 and about ten o'clock at night reached a small farm 

 in charge of a man named Mayburgh. Having 

 obtained from him a little supply of milk, which was 

 very acceptable, we kindled a fire, and after taking 

 some coffee, retired to rest, quite exhausted with our 

 day's fatigue. 



No tidings having arrived on the following morning 

 of Dempy and the dog, we were seriously alarmed for 

 the man's safety, and determined on remaining until 

 we could ascertain what had become of him ; but 

 about the middle of the day we had the satisfaction 

 of seeing him approach, though evidently much 

 dejected and fatigued. I enquired the cause of his 

 delay, when, unable to restrain his feelings, he burst 

 into tears, and said, " O, master ! I have had a nar- 

 row escape." He then related, that on his return to 



