. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . orm viz. to loadone barrel, and blow out Rascalitys brains, whom the lion had ut- 430 HUNTING ADVENTURES. ierlj disabled in his after-quarters. Thus ended this protracted andall but unsuccessful hunt; for when I at length managed to shoothim, the dogs were quite tired of it, and, the reeds being green, Ieould not have set them on fire to force him out. The lion proved to be a first-rate one; he was in the prime of lifeand had an exquisitely beautiful coat of hair. His mane was not?ery rank; his awful teeth were quite perfect, a thing which in lion^of his age
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . orm viz. to loadone barrel, and blow out Rascalitys brains, whom the lion had ut- 430 HUNTING ADVENTURES. ierlj disabled in his after-quarters. Thus ended this protracted andall but unsuccessful hunt; for when I at length managed to shoothim, the dogs were quite tired of it, and, the reeds being green, Ieould not have set them on fire to force him out. The lion proved to be a first-rate one; he was in the prime of lifeand had an exquisitely beautiful coat of hair. His mane was not?ery rank; his awful teeth were quite perfect, a thing which in lion^of his age is rather unusual; and he had the finest tuft of hair onthe end of his tail that I had ever seen on a lion. In the chase myafter-rider, who fortunately did not carry my rifle, got a tremenduouscapsize from bad riding, a common occurrence with most after-riderswho have been employed in my service. The afternoon was spentin drying the wet mane of the lion, skinning out the feet, and pre-serving the skin with alum and arsenical
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