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 .. . n. Rising to myfeet, I shouted, in order to drive him off; but he remained stationary. Idid not at all like his appearance, and hastened at once back to myambush to reload. When again quite ready and on the look-out forhim, he was gone; but almost afterward two others resem-bling the first approached the water. Having drunk their fill, they wereabout to retrace their steps, whe
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 .. . n. Rising to myfeet, I shouted, in order to drive him off; but he remained stationary. Idid not at all like his appearance, and hastened at once back to myambush to reload. When again quite ready and on the look-out forhim, he was gone; but almost afterward two others resem-bling the first approached the water. Having drunk their fill, they wereabout to retrace their steps, when suddenly-—my person being purposelyexposed to view—they seemed to espy me, and eyeing me for a fewseconds, one—the largest—made straight for my ambush. An Exciting^ Duel. This seemed strange; but, to make quite sure of his intentions, I stoodup, and when the brute was within about forty yards of me, shouted. Tomy utter surprise, instead of moving off he came quickly on, till at a dis-tance of twenty-five paces or thereabouts he suddenly squatted, evidentlyintending to spring on me. Nay, old fellow, I muttered to myself, ifthats the ticket, I will be even with you; and, dropping the double-. (671) 672 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. barreled gun which I held in my hands at the moment, I seized the ele-phant rifle, leveled, took a very steady aim at his chest, and fired. Thebullet sped true, and I thought I had killed him outright; but not so,for after rolling over two or three times, he scrambled up and , I had no doubt in my own mind that the wound would provefatal. On receiving the shot he gave a startling growl, and in makinghis escape was johied by his associate, who had, while the duel was pend-ing, remained a passive spectator. Death in the Jungle. At break of day, taking up the trail of the wounded animal, I had onlyproceeded about two hundred yards when the dogs gave tongue at asmall bush, where immediately afterward I saw a stately lion rise to hisfeet
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