Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . Dangers of Midnight Traveling. The announcement stirred the Boers to action, and theydetermined to make up a party to hunt them down. Accord-ingly, the farmer-and six others, of whom Schmitt was one,mounted their horses; the son who had discovered the tracksbeing elected leader. The lion-track was soon found; it ledthrough a valley, across one hill, then another, and finally onto a level plain, where, not only was the grass very short, butthe. soil was so h
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . Dangers of Midnight Traveling. The announcement stirred the Boers to action, and theydetermined to make up a party to hunt them down. Accord-ingly, the farmer-and six others, of whom Schmitt was one,mounted their horses; the son who had discovered the tracksbeing elected leader. The lion-track was soon found; it ledthrough a valley, across one hill, then another, and finally onto a level plain, where, not only was the grass very short, butthe. soil was so hard that the vestiges of the beasts could nolonger be distinguished. After some hesitation, it was agreedthat there was no alternative but to abandon the chase; and itis very probable that most of the party had found their ardor16. DR. HOLUB, THE AUSTRIAN EXPLORER. 245 somewhat abated by their exertions, and were quite content toacquiesce in the proposal to return home. They broke upclose to Schmitts house, one of the party remaining behind aminute to talk. All at once, to their vast surprise, they spiedout, close to the farm, a lion and lioness, evidently lurking inambush. Without losing an instant they rode towards them,their horses behaving bravely in the presence of their naturalfoes. In order to get a better aim at the beasts when theyrose, Schmitt dismounted and led his horse a few steps by thebridle, then raising his gun to be ready to fire, he called to hispartner to do the same. On turning his head, however, hefound that his friend, instead of following him, had retreatedfor a good fifty j^ards, so that here he was alone confronting acouple of lions, with very likely several more in the could he do but retreat also? As he retired he kepthis eye fixed upon the lions, who kept steadily following
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