280 SCENERY ON THE CRADOCK. [1820. 
then left the man, and rushed towards them, when 
they again checked his attack by turning the 
horses round. He next crept under the belly of 
a mare, and seized her by the fore leg, but with 
a powerful kick, she made him let go his hold. 
In revenge, and by one stroke of his paw, he 
tore open her body, and retired. After this 
he tried to get round the horses to the men, but 
when within two yards of one of them, and on 
the eve of making a spring, he was happily killed 
by a musket-shot, the ball penetrating behind 
the ear. Thus ended the severest encounter 
with a lion that any of Kok's people had 
ever had. Thermometer, on our arrival, at two 
P.M. 82. 
We walked to the Cradock River, which was 
about half a mile west from the kraal. On reach- 
ing the side of it, we were able to see about 
three or four miles of the river, running in a ser- 
pentine course, generally about one hundred 
yards wide within the banks, and flowing between 
rows of trees. Two or three islands, formed by 
the river at little distances from each other, 
added greatly to the beauty of the scene. Those 
parts of the channel which were not overflowed, 
were covered with granite stones of a few 
pounds weight, very generally intermixed with 
small flint stones of red, green, blue, white. 
