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the lion. 
active till hunger again compels him to sail/ 
forth in quest of more, 
Mr. Pringle, who was a settler in the east' 
ern frontier of the Cape colony, has given, 
Ins “ Ephemerides,” a highly picturesque de' 
scription of the perils incident to lion-hunting 
m Southern Africa. The marauder in tbi® 
instance had stolen a few of the writer’s sheep 
and killed his riding-horse, about a hundred 
yards from the door of his cabin; and, knoW' 
ing that this animal, when he does not carrf 
off his prey, usually conceals himself in the 
vicinity, and is apt to be very dangerous b/ 
prowling about the place in search of more 
game, he collected his Scottish neighbours; 
and about a dozen bastaard, or mulatto. Hot' 
tentots to assist in dislodging the enemy 
“ The first point,” says Mr. Pringle, «was 
to track the lion to his covert. This wa® 
effected by a few of the Hottentots on foot- 
Commencing from the spot where the horse 
