CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER VIII. 
LION-HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA—CHASE BY THE COLONISTS — 
the lion’s lair—Thompson’s description of a hunt—a 
MAGNANIMOUS LION —NAMAQUA MODE OF HUNTING—NARROW 
ESCAPE OF MR. ORWELL—A FIELD-OFFICER IN DANGER— 
SALT-PANS—A SPORTSMAN’S FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE 
MONARCH OF THE FOREST—LIONS AND DOGS . . 118 
CHAPTER IX. 
LION-CHASE BY NATIVES—HABIT OF THE LION WHEN SEIZING HIS 
PREY—THE CAFFRE MODE OF KILLING THE LION—THE SHIELD 
— THE RING — RING-HUNT ON A GRAND SCALE — BUSHMAN 
METHOD OF KILLING THE LION—RESCUE OF A LION-HUNTER— 
DARING HUNTERS-PURSUIT OF THE LION BY THE AGGA- 
JEERS ........ 142 
CHAPTER X. 
SHOOTING THE LION BY NIGHT—A NOT VERY ENVIABLE SITUA¬ 
TION—PERILOUS POSITION—THE WOUNDED LION—EXCITING 
HUNTING SCENE—NIGHT-SHOOTING—GORDON CUMMING’S EXPE¬ 
RIENCES—THE LION IN THE DARK—LIONS WATERING—THE 
MELBODA-ARAB LION HUNTERS—THE SPRING-GUN—THE PIT- 
FALL . . . . . . . .156 
CHAPTER XI. 
LION-HUNTING IN INDIA—ADVENTURES—MAJOR CHARLES DELA- 
MAINE’S FIRST LION-STORY—MARKERS—BEATING THE PATCH— 
LION AND ELEPHANT — DESPERATE STRUGGLE — DESPERATE 
POSITION OF A MAHOUT—GALLANT CHARGE OF WOUNDED 
LION—MAJOR DELAMAINE’S SECOND LION-STORY—PERILOUS 
ADVENTURE—LION-HUNTING BY ROYALTY IN INDIA . 173 
CHAPTER XII. 
NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED AND MUTILATED BY LIONS IN 
AFRICA—REMARKABLE ESCAPE FROM A LION’S JAWS—MIGHTY 
NIMRODS—PIET’S ADVENTURE WITH A LION—DANGERS OF THE 
TRAVELLER IN AFRICA—WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF A NATIVE 
FROM A LION—MOFFATT THE MISSIONARY IN JEOPARDY- 
BARBARITIES OF THE MATABILE—VARIOUS ADVENTURES WITH 
LIONS—THE PRISONERS ..... 192 
