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damage. The people belonging to 
farm, sure that he would come again, 
etched a rope across the entrance, fastening 
it several loaded guns in such a manner 
they must necessarily discharge their 
^'^iitents into the body of the lion as soon as 
® should push against the cord, as he was 
^^Pected to do, with his breast. The lion 
Accordingly came before dark ; but, having 
^’■chably some suspicions respecting the cord, 
struck it away with his foot, and, undaunt- 
^ oy the report of the loaded pieces, he ad- 
j'Aiiced steadily, and devoured the prey which 
A had left untouched before. 
, The prodigious strength of this animal may 
A inferred from the following facts : — A lion 
^As once seen at the Cape to take a heifer in 
'A niouth, and, though the animal’s legs drag- 
on the ground, he seemed to carry her off 
'^^h as much ease as a cat does a rat, leaping 
'^ith ber over a broad ditch without any diffi- 
