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CHAPTER IV. 
DARING OF THE LION—SENTINEL CARRIED OFF BY A LION— 
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY — TWO FORMIDABLE “MAN-EATERS”— 
BUSHMAN KILLED BY A LION—UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF A 
“ MAN-KILLER”—BENEFIT CONFERRED ON THE CHILDREN OF 
THE DESERT BY THE DEATH OF THE LION—APPALLING CATAS¬ 
TROPHE-IRRUPTION OF A LION INTO A KRAAL—DARING SHOT 
OF A LION-HUNTER—AUDACITY OF THE LION. 
B UT it is not only during the breeding season, 
and when the cubs are small, that the lion 
shows a bold front to the enemy, for at other times, 
more especially in the night season, he frequently 
exhibits a degree of courage and audacity that 
almost exceeds belief. 
‘ £ The waggons and cattle had been put up for the 
night,” says the Landrost, Jah Steneberg, in de¬ 
scribing a journe}^ of his into the interior, cc when 
about midnight the cattle suddenly got into complete 
confusion. About thirty paces from the tent stood 
a lion, which on seeing us walked away deliberately 
about thirty paces farther, behind a small thorn- 
bush, carrying something with him which I took 
to be a young ox. We fired more than sixty 
shots at the bush. The south-east wind blew strong, 
the sky was clear, and the moon shone very brightly, 
so that we could perceive anything at a short dis- 
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