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becoming cowed, and turning tail, should one 
look him determinedly in the face, for he says: 
“ Though under ordinary circumstances this ex¬ 
pedient may possibly succeed, yet if the beast be 
accustomed to gorge on human flesh, and that he 
be hungry, he does not spend time in gazing on the 
human eye, as some are said to do, but seeks the 
easiest and most expeditious way of making a meal 
of a man.” 
The human voice, as with the human eye, would 
also seem to make considerable impression on the 
lion. The Natives of Southern Africa are fully 
aware of this fact, and when, according to Sir A. 
Alexander, the Bushmen find the beast devouring 
his prey, they, to drive him from the carcase, that 
they themselves may possess it, address him in 
these words : 
“ c What are you here for ? Have you got any¬ 
thing to eat ? You make such a noise I thought you 
had got something ? Don’t think to come here and 
quarrel with us, but go away now and eat flesh.’ 
Thus walking and talking for some time, the men 
at length sit down facing the lion, when the as¬ 
tonished animal probably moves off, and leaves the 
remainder of his victim to the Bushmen ” 
Again, when Jonathan Afrika, a man of great 
courage and an excellent marksman, who had 
caused many lions to bite the dust, and who for a 
time was in my service, was on one occasion riding 
leisurely along, a fine lion suddenly rushed out of 
the bushes a short distance in advance of him. 
Throwing himself quickly off the ox, he gave chase 
