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 .. . vancing towards us with adignified step and undaunted bearing, the most noble and imposing thatcan be conceived. Lashing his tail from side to side, and growlinghaughtily, his terribly expressive eye resolutely fixed upon us, and dis-playing a show of ivory well calculated to inspire terror among the timidBechuanas, he approached. A Lion Puts to Fligrht 250 Men. A headlong flight of the two
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 .. . vancing towards us with adignified step and undaunted bearing, the most noble and imposing thatcan be conceived. Lashing his tail from side to side, and growlinghaughtily, his terribly expressive eye resolutely fixed upon us, and dis-playing a show of ivory well calculated to inspire terror among the timidBechuanas, he approached. A Lion Puts to Fligrht 250 Men. A headlong flight of the two hundred and fifty men was the immediateresult; and, in the confusion of the moment, four couples of my dogs,which they had been leading, were allowed to escape in their instantly faced the lion, who, finding that by his bold bearing hehad succeeded in putting his enemies to flight, now became solicitous forthe safety of his little family, with which the lioness was retreating in theback-ground. Facing about, he followed after them with a haughty andindependent step, growling fiercely at the dogs which trotted along oneach side of him. Three, troops of elephants having been discoverec^. 46 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. a few minutes previous to this, upon which I was marching for theattack, I, with the most heartfelt reluctance, reserved my fire. On run-ning down the hill side to endeavor to recall my dogs, I observed, forthe first time, the retreating lioness with four cubs. About twentyminutes afterward two noble elephants repaid my forbearance. Among Indian Nimrods, a certain class of royal tigers is dignified withthe appellation of man-eaters. These are tigers which, having oncetasted human flesh, show a predilection for the same, and such charac-ters are very naturally famed and dreaded among the natives. Elderlygentlemen of similar tastes and habits are occasionally met with amongthe lions in the interior of South Africa, and the danger of such neigh-bors may be e
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