. A hunter's wanderings in Africa, being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa, containing accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the river Chobe, and in the Matabele and Mashuna countries, with full notes upon the natural history and present distribution of all the large M__a_m_m_a_i_a . to a charge. However, a secondlater I fired, bringing him on to his head with his tailin the air, roaring tremendously. I then reloadedand mounted my good horse, that had stood motion-less beside me all this time, unmoved either by thereport of the rifle
. A hunter's wanderings in Africa, being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa, containing accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the river Chobe, and in the Matabele and Mashuna countries, with full notes upon the natural history and present distribution of all the large M__a_m_m_a_i_a . to a charge. However, a secondlater I fired, bringing him on to his head with his tailin the air, roaring tremendously. I then reloadedand mounted my good horse, that had stood motion-less beside me all this time, unmoved either by thereport of the rifle or the hoarse growling of the race was, however, run, for, after pushing him-self along the ground for about twenty yarcis by aseries of kicks from his hind legs, he rolled over onhis side, a sure sign with a lion that he is dead ordying. Riding alongside of him, I dismounted andadmired at my leisure one of the noblest prizes thathave as yet fallen to my rifle. In dying this lion madea most terrific noise. He kept filling his lungs withair, and then emitting roars which might have beenheard (and which the Kafirs did hear) miles was an enormous brute—the largest I have yetkilled, and had a beautiful sleek coat and a lovelymane, long and flowing, black on the shoulders,and bright yellow on the cheeks. The measurements. >_^<<^ i\ <f^ 1 ^, ^1^ %^ U<- i, Kez^: 1. 3^. X, XIII LOOK AT THE LIONS ! 283 of his skin and carcase I have given in another place,I now halloed for the Kafirs, and at last saw tworunning towards me. Great was their surprise uponfinding me standing over the body of a magnificentlion, instead of, as they had expected, a wretchedtsessebe antelope, I was stooping over my prize,toying with the mane, when one of the boys, seizingme by the shoulder, cried excitedly, Look, look,sir ! look at the lions ! Hastily raising my eyes,and following the direction of his outstretched hand,a sight met my eyes that made my heart jump. Ata distance
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