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CHAPTER IX. 
LION-CHASE BY NATIVES—HABIT OF THE LION WHEN SEIZING HIS 
PREY—THE CAFFBE MODE OF KILLING THE LION—THE SHIELD 
— THE BING — EING-HTJNT ON A GBAND SCALE — BUSHMAN 
METHOD OF KILLING THE LION—KESCTJE OF A LION-HTTNTEB—- 
DAKING HTJNTEBS —PUBSTJIT OF THE LION BY THE AG AGE IBS. 
mO proceed. By the natives of Southern Africa 
Jl —of the interior at least—the lion is gene¬ 
rally hunted on foot, and where fire-arms are want¬ 
ing, as is generally the case, the men are seldom 
otherwise armed than with the assegais and the 
bow and arrow. As vrith the Colonists and Euro¬ 
peans, however, they are for the most part accom¬ 
panied by numerous dogs, which are undoubtedly a 
great protection. 
Their manner of conducting the chasse of this 
beast varies somewhat; and, in certain districts 
methods, both singular and curious, are adopted for 
the furtherance of his destruction. 
As said in the first chapter, it is the general belief 
among the natives that when the lion is in the act 
of seizing its victim, and until such times as he has 
deprived it of life, he, for some reason or other, 
closes his eyes. Of this fact, the Caffres, bordering 
