. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... e greatest fury, with his shaggymane bristled in the air, roared with deathlike growls, as open-mouthed, he endeavored to charge upon us, but he draggedhis hind-quarters upon the ground, and I saw immediatelythat the little Fletcher had broken his spine. In his tremen-dous exertions to attack, he rolled over and over, gnashing hishorrible jaws, and tearing holes in the sandy ground at eachblow of his tremendous paws, that would have crushed a mansskull li
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... e greatest fury, with his shaggymane bristled in the air, roared with deathlike growls, as open-mouthed, he endeavored to charge upon us, but he draggedhis hind-quarters upon the ground, and I saw immediatelythat the little Fletcher had broken his spine. In his tremen-dous exertions to attack, he rolled over and over, gnashing hishorrible jaws, and tearing holes in the sandy ground at eachblow of his tremendous paws, that would have crushed a mansskull like an egg-shell. Seeing that he was hors de combat^ Itook it coolly, as it was already dusk, and the lion havingrolled into a dark and thick bush, I thought it would be advis-able to defer the final attack, as he would be dead beforemorning. In this expectation, however. Baker was mistaken; he re-turned with a number of men the next morning, and discover-ed the lion after some searching among the bushes, which wereall nearly alike. The deep short roars of the wounded animalat last pointed out his hiding-place, and presently they saw a. THE CONGO FREE STATE AND RECENT EXlPLORATIONS. 649 grand picture. His majestic head and flashing hazel eyes con-fronted them; for although helpless, he was game to the camel bolted, Bakers horse swerved, but was soon con-trolled, and the hunter rode to within twenty paces of the low growls of the beast frightened the horse, but hisriders voice encouraged him. The horse snorted and staredfixedly, both animals kept their eyes fixed on each other; thehunter dropped his reins, raised his gun, and deliberately fired,putting an end to the wounded lions sufferings. It requiredeight men to raise the carcass to the back of the kneeling cam-el and secure it there. The camp was not again troubled withlions, although in several instances they had previously at-tempted to enter the enclosure. Story after story might thus be recounted, of str
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