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    invention of the rifle and conical bullet they can "be hunted without Many any very errors great exist danger concerning . the lion ; the truth is , it is not animal more

    generous It is dull and or more drowsy courageous , and only than kills any when other obliged carnivorous either for food or . , It

    to to have teach a its reserve young of to food hunt / as or do in some self-defence animals . of the never canine even "kind slays ; necessities

    denl the In lion 1839 with only a a " S lion kills paniard for near its , one Oiil present of dada my . hunting He was companions . accompanied , fell b in y sud two

    y y lion large before Spanish instinctivel -greyhounds he who fired , as well his double as himself -barrelled , had never gun , loaded seen a y

    onlwith small ; shot . The whole took effect ia the flank of the rushed lion y , who now , looking against at one the , and dogs now took which against assaulted notice the other of the him , believing at either who he stood side had ,

    been directl wounde before d by his them , and who had no time to withdraw man and call off his they dogs wish y , which to be were rid eyes of unhurt a lion . The without natives peril know they this divide dullness themselves . When

    tionless into two and parties while on the opposite lion is sides looking ; one at party them , fires the and other remains party fires mo- ,

    and often , several volleys are discharged in this manner before the lion is able to decide either on an attack or a retreat . Arab who had had

    In 1844 I made a medical examination of an he the out threw following being his seen adventure gun , but on the the :- lion — ground He approaching motionless fired , leaned at and and wounded his the breathless back place an against where old lion The he a with tree was lion , , -

    closed of approached the his Arab eyes the shook , tree and him , remained smelt several the gun times , put smelt his paw him on and the left left . him shoulder

    withthat out other it was injuries , a living than man those . Some of his days , claws after - — , he the did Arab not his understand killed the

    lionand in consequence enjoyed a great , fame among country-, men Mr . . Landman , a Catholic priest , being informed director that of the lion Orphan had

    Asy He attacked was lum then his at Mezelzam on oxen horseback while at tkey in , and 1852 were , gallop , working was ing to the in a spot nei _, g p hboring laced a himself field . at him and

    before the oxen at some yards . from the lion , staring remaining again and motionless againand . lay During down on two the or ground three minutes opened the his lion mouth rose ,

    erected his mane , and looked at the man ; then , , feeling itself vanquished in this duel , of eyes , retreated refused roaring to have . Mr it . killed Landman by poison , who

    related or by the me gun the , fact because , added it , had he had proved generous towards his person and his oxenbut in the lion ' s conduct there was no generosity . He

    did not kill , the oxen because he was not hungry . He retreated 'before the looks of Mr . Landman because the priest , wearing a long ; D 2

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/35/