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THE LION. 
ing the tank were in a state of nature, consisting 
of bushes and timber trees. 
“On reaching the ground, the natives were stationed 
as ‘markers 3 in the trees thereabouts. But it was 
not until the party had 6 beaten 3 the c patch 3 with 
the elephants for a considerable time that the lion 
was discovered to be on foot, and some further time 
elapsed before he was viewed as he was stealing 
away from the brake, along a sort of hedge-row, 
for the more open country beyond. Major Delamaine, 
w T ho was some forty or fifty paces from the beast, 
then fired, and severely wounded him in the body. 
“ On receiving the ball, the lion immediately faced 
about, and c charged 3 the Major’s elephant, but 
the nerves of the latter having been recently shaken 
by wounds inflicted by a royal tiger, turned tail, 
and regularly bolted. In the scurry through the 
jungle, one of the Major’s guns, having been 
caught by a tree, fell from the howdah, and was 
broken, a loss, as the sequel proved, that might 
have been attended with very disastrous conse¬ 
quences. 
“ But the lion soon gave up the chase, and retraced 
his steps to the fi patch 3 from whence he had 
been started. Here he was followed by Captain 
Harris alone, the Major’s elephant, from its late 
fright, having become too unsteady to be taken into 
thick cover. 
“ The Captain soon found and fired at the beast, 
which in its turn instantly sprang at, and made a 
fair lodgment on the head of the Captain’s elephant, 
but the latter being a large and powerful animal, 
