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A NOTORIOUS “ MAN-EATER.” 
but, as it was now useless to continue a further 
search in the dark, we returned to our respective 
bivouacs. Sleep was, of course, out of the question. 
The dreadful scene haunted my imagination un¬ 
ceasingly, and I resolved, as soon as the day should 
dawn, to pursue the horrible c man-eater, 5 and, if 
possible, to terminate his existence. 
6< Accordingly, on the following morning, 55 my 
friend goes on to say. “ Every man possessed of a 
gun joined in the chase. At a short distance from 
the camp the brute was discovered ; but though we 
followed him up for a long time, we could never 
get a shot at him. The cowardly night-prowler 
took care not to expose himself; and unfortunately 
only two dogs ventured to face him. Had the 
whole pack assailed the beast, he would certainly 
have been brought to bay and despatched. We were 
on several occasions close upon him, but the dense¬ 
ness of the bush always helped him to escape before 
we could get a good aim. At length we lost his 
track, and after endeavouring in vain to recover it, 
were compelled to face homewards without ridding 
the country of so dire a “ pest. 55 
Though the lion in question escaped Mr. Green 
for the time, yet it is satisfactory to add that at an 
after-period this same animal (as there was every 
reason to believe) met its death at his hands, 
though this was at a considerable distance from the 
spot where the melancholy catastrophe, just related, 
occurred. It was further believed that this beast 
was one of the two notorious “ man-eaters 55 that 
