the lion. 
the lion had retired : but, to his astonishineo‘ 
and horror, his eyes met those of the fornJ>' 
dable animal, which, as the poor fellow aftet' 
wards expressed it, flashed fire at him. 
last the lion laid himself down at the foot 
the tree, and did not move from the place 
twenty-four hours, at the end of which tim'^ 
he went to a spring at some distance to drinl^' 
The man then ventured to descend, and scafl*' 
pered off to his home, which was not more th^’’ 
a mile distant, as fast as he could. He arrive^^ 
in safety ; but such was the perseverance 
the lion that, as it afterwards appeared, 
leturned to the tree, and, perceiving that tb® 
Hottentot was gone, tracked him by the scen^ 
to within three hundred paces of the house. 
Another striking instance of the courage ' 
and perseverance of the lion is related by 
Sparrman. One of these animals had broken 
into a walled enclosure in which cattle were 
kept, through the latticed gate, and done cor 
