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THE LION. 
Camming, for instance, bad at one time, he states, 
as many as thirty, and no doubt he was constantly 
replenishing his pack, yet on his return to civilisa¬ 
tion, it would seem as if he had only three or four 
remaining, the remainder of the poor creatures, the 
larger portion at least, having been destroyed by 
the beasts in question. 
In the more open parts of the country at least, the 
horse, in lion-shooting, is a great advantage, as it 
not only enables one the more rapidly to come up 
with the quarry, but, to a certain extent, is a safe¬ 
guard also ; for should the beast “ charge,” and 
succeed in overtaking and overthrowing both the 
steed and its rider, as not unfrequently happens, he, 
in the first instance, almost invariably expends his 
rage and fury on the former. 
By all accounts the Cape horses, with a little 
training, are admirably adapted for either hunting 
or shooting. “ They are,” says Harris, “ hardy, 
docile, and enduring. In the chase, the most for¬ 
midable animal does not inspire them with the 
slightest alarm ; and, the bridle being thrown over 
their heads, they may generally be left standing in 
the wilderness for hours together, without attempt¬ 
ing to stir from the spot. They seldom trot; the 
usual pace is a canter, and occasionally a gallop.” 
The endurance of these horses is something won- 
derful. A striking instance of this occurred a few 
years ago in Great Ham aqua-land. The animal in 
question belonged to a son of the Hottentot chief, 
Zwartbooi, who, whilst hunting in an open tract of 
country, fell in with a troop of eleven giraffes, to 
