...may walk round about him without disturbing him ; and he has this property, that, if he is awakened by any thing striking or falling upon him, he loses...he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death.* ' After a journey of four days from Griqua Town, we arrived, on the 10th of September, at the missionary...

...invariably seek the open country, and which manifest a kind of instinctive aversion to places in which then- powerful adversary may spring upon them suddenly and...he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death *." We have thus traced the African lion as he appears to the traveller in solitary districts of that...

...breast. The moment the lion is thus struck, he springs from his lair, and bounds off as helplessas the stricken deer. The work is done ; the arrow of...will find him dead, or in the agonies of death*." We have thus traced the African lion as he appears to the traveller in solitary districts of that immense...

...carefully examine the ground, and finding him in a state of unguarded security, they lodge a poisoned ajrow in his breast. The moment the Lion is thus struck,...knows where, in the course of a few hours, or even in less time, he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death." Mr. Burchell furnishes us with the...

...the lion, by the Bushmen, that he generally kills and devours his prey in the morning at sunrise, or sunset. On this account, when they intend to kill...knows where, in the course of a few hours, or even in less time, he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death. . Mr Burchell furnishes us with the...

...attacked by the lion. Marking accurately the spot -where the alarm took place, about eleven o'clock of the day, when the sun is powerful, and the enemy they...he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death." Such is lion-hunting in Africa. When practised in India, it is attended with every concomitant of eastern...

...breast. The moment the Lion is thus struck, he springs from his lair, and bounds off as helpless ns the stricken deer. The work is done; the arrow of...knows where, in the course of a few hours, or even in less time, he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death." NATURAL HISTORY is no work for one...

...without encountering any great danger in their exertions. Dr. Philip has well described it : — " The wolf and the tiger generally retire to the caverns...he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death *." We have thus traced the African lion as he appears to the traveller in solitary districts of that...

...Hottentot race, which the Dutch colonists employed to defend their cruel and treacherous persecutions. to kill lions, they generally notice where the springbucks...will find him dead, or in the agonies of death."* We have thus traced the African lion as he appears to the traveller in solitary districts of that immense...

...fast asleep, they carefully examine the ground, and, finding him in a state of unguarded security, lodge a poisoned arrow in his breast. The moment the...he will find him dead, or in the agonies of death." 1 Steedman mentions a fanner in South Africa, named Stoffel Jacob, living at a place called Livu Fountain,...