MAY.] 
JOURNEY IN SNEUBERG. 
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upon a heap of rocks about fifty yards behind them, 
guarded by three armed men, lest the lions should 
either not be wounded, or only slightly, and rush upon 
us. When all was in readiness, the men below poured 
a volley of shot towards the lions, when one of them, 
the male, made off, seemingly wounded slightly ; but 
the other was disabled, so that it remained. The dogs 
ran towards her, making a great noise, but ventured 
no nearer than within five or six yards. On the second 
fire she was shot dead. She was a large and fat 
lioness, with a furious countenance. She was dragged 
from the reeds while yet warm, and skinned directly. 
A bullet was found under the skin, within a few inches 
of the tail, which she must have received long ago, 
as the wound was healed. She had received many 
wounds from our people, particularly a severe one in 
the inside of her mouth. 
We halted at Buck's Fountain, which was only a 
few hundred yards beyond where we had killed the 
lioness ; this was the place we had come purposely to 
examine, but we found only a small stream, insufficient 
to water much ground. Having heard of a much 
greater stream being at Rhinoceros Berg, about a 
week's journey distant, in a different direction from 
our route, Mn Kicherer and the boors who were with 
us, kindly offered to visit it for us, and to write their 
opinion of it to Cape-town. 
During supper, while talking of the feats of lions 
and lion hunters, we heard a lion roaring at some 
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