. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. THE STORY OF THE ANTELOPE. 333 The latter, in full enjoyment of his red draught, saw nothing of this manoeuvre. The first intimation he had of it was tO' feel a pair of spears pierced through his ribs, and it is not likely he felt much more. For some moments a confused struggle was observed, in which both lion and oryx seemed to take part; but the attitudes of both appeared so odd,. A SOUTH AFRICAN GEMSBOK. and changed so rapidly
. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. THE STORY OF THE ANTELOPE. 333 The latter, in full enjoyment of his red draught, saw nothing of this manoeuvre. The first intimation he had of it was tO' feel a pair of spears pierced through his ribs, and it is not likely he felt much more. For some moments a confused struggle was observed, in which both lion and oryx seemed to take part; but the attitudes of both appeared so odd,. A SOUTH AFRICAN GEMSBOK. and changed so rapidly, that we could not tell in what manner they were combating. In a few moments the roar of the lion ceased, and we knew that he was dead. We had crawled closer to witness the result of the battle, and were now within easy range for a shot. One of my Kaffir boys raised his rifle and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lundeberg, Axel; Seymour, Frederick H. A. [Chicago, D. B. McCurdy
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