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THRILLING ADVENTURES IN AFRICA. 
an acquaintance with the disposition and manners of lions, and a 
tolerable knowledge of the use of the rifle, are indispensable to him 
who would shine in the overpoweringly exciting pastime of hunting 
this justly celebrated king of beasts. 
Livingstone himself narrates minutely his dreadful encounter 
with a lion. He always regarded it as one of his most thrilling- 
experiences in Africa, and he had occasion to remember it from 
the fact that he was so severely injured. The wonder is that when 
the ferocious beast had the great explorer in his power and might 
easily have taken his life, he should have been prevented from doing 
it. A few moments more and the life of one of the world’s greatest 
heroes would have been terminated. 
After having encountered many strange tribes, and had many 
thrilling experiences, Livingstone on November ii, 1853, accom¬ 
panied by the chief and his principal men to see him off, embarked 
on the Chobe. His great achievements and wonderful adventure 
in the then unknown country, are matters of history. 
Early in 1857 Livingstone returned to England. On March 
10, 1858, on board Her Majesty’s Ship ‘Tearl” at the head of the 
government expedition, he set out again. This time he was lost, and 
all the civilized world was agitated. 
