GLORIOUS DOUBLE-SHOT. 
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and left with my little rifle, I made the most glorious 
double shot that a sportsman’s heart could desire, 
disabling them both in the shoulder before they 
were even aware of my position. Then snatching 
my other gun from Carey, who that moment had 
ridden up to my assistance, I finished the first lion 
with a shot about the heart, and. brought the second 
to a stand-still by disabling him in his hind quarters 
He quickly crept into a dense, wide, dark green 
bush, in which for a long time it was impossible to 
obtain a glimpse of him. At length a clod of earth 
falling near his hiding-place, he made a move which 
disclosed to me his position, and I finished him with 
three more shots, all along the middle of his back. 
Carey swam across the river to flog off the dogs ; 
and when these came through to me, I beat up the 
peninsula in quest of the fourth lion, which had, 
however made off. We then crossed the river 
a little higher up, and proceeded to inspect the noble 
prizes I had won. Both lions were well up in 
their years. I kept the skin and skull of the finest 
specimen, but only the claws and the tail of the other, 
one of whose canine teeth was worn down to the 
socket with caries, which seemed very much to have 
effected his general condition.” 
Pages might be filled with somewhat similar ex¬ 
ploits to the above of Cordon Gumming; but I shall 
confine myself to narrating two of his chasses , as 
proving in a remarkable manner the truth of my 
statement in the first chapter, as to the little chance 
dogs, however numerous and courageous they may 
be, have against the lord of the forest. 
