Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . TRAVELLER AND CAMEL CROSSING THE DESERT, they came willingly to bay. They fight desperately. I have seen wildboars individually keep off most effectually half a dozen fierce have also seen them, when hotly pursued, attack and severely woundtheir pursuers. We killed occasionally two, and even three of them, in. (669) 670 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the course of a day. When young an
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . TRAVELLER AND CAMEL CROSSING THE DESERT, they came willingly to bay. They fight desperately. I have seen wildboars individually keep off most effectually half a dozen fierce have also seen them, when hotly pursued, attack and severely woundtheir pursuers. We killed occasionally two, and even three of them, in. (669) 670 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the course of a day. When young and fat they proved capital eating,,and from their novelty were quite a treat. Other game was almost daily secured, and my party gorged to theirhearts content on animal food. Indeed, we had plenty to spare. Theanimals we usually killed were a kind that can abstain long from drink-ing, for water is exceedingly scarce in this country—so much so that itwas only with very great difficulty we could obtain a sufficiency for ourcattle. One night I encounted a troop of lions under circumstances whichexhibited these royal beasts in a somewhat new light. In the early part of the night I had observed several animals glidingnoiselessly to the water, but considerably out of range. Not being ableto make out what they were, I slipped quietly out, and approachedthe spot where they were drinking. I got, from the nature ofthe ground, pretty close to them unperceived, yet was still unable toname them. From the sound q£ lapping at the w
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