Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-09-13
AFRICAN SPORTING.

sin few minutes all the other
buff loes made off, and the sound oi
teeth tearing at the flesh was heard
Immediately.
81 fancied it was the hyenas, and
fired shot to scare them from the
flesh. All was still; and being anx-
ious to inspect the heads of the buffa-
loes, / went boldly forward, taking
the native who accompanied me
along with me. We were within
about five yards of the nearest buffa-
10, when | observed yellow mass
lyi q alongside ofhim, and at the
same instant lion gave deep growl.
] thought it was all over with me.
The native shoute Tao and, spring.
ing away, instantly commenced blow
ing shrilly through charmed niece
of bone which he wore on his neck
lace. | retreated to the native, and
we knelt down. The lion continued
his meal, tearing away at the buffa
10, and growing at his wife and fam
lily; whom found, next day, by the
spoor. (track) had accompanied him.
Knowing that he would not molest
me, | left him alone. | proposed to
the native to goto our hole and lie
down, but he would not her oft, and
entreated me to fire at the lion. [
fired three different shots where I
thought saw him, but without any
effect; he would not so much as Cor a
moment cease munching my buffalo.
| then proceeded to lie down, and
was soon asleep, the native keeping
watch over our destinies. Some
time after midnight other lions were
heard coming on from other airts, and
my old friend commenced roaring so
loudly, that the native thought prop
er to awake me.
:'lhe first old lion now wanted to
drink, and held right away for the
two unfortunate steeds, roaring ter
rlbly. | felt rather alarmed fortheir
safety, but, trusting that the lion had
flesh enough for one night, / lay still,
and listened with an attentive ear.
in few minutes, to my vtter horror,
l herd him spring upon one Of the
Steeds with an angry growl, and
dash him to the earth: The steed
gave slight groan, and all was still
| listened to her the sound of teeth,
but all continued still. Soon after
this Tao was once more TO be heard
the buffalo. In a few
minutes he came forward and stood
on the bank close above us, and roar
ed most terribly,-walking up and
down. as if meditating some mischief.
| now thought it high time to make
fire, and, quickly collecting some dry
reeds and little sticks, in half min
ute we had a cheerful blaze. The
lion, which h had moi yet got our wind,
came forward at once to find out
what the deuce was up; but, not see
ing to his entire satisfaction from the
top ofthe bank, he was proceeding to
descend by a game path into the riv-
er-bed, within Il few yards of us. |
happened at the very moment TO 90
the spot to fetch some wood, and,
beng entirely concealed from the
hons view above, by the intervening
hh'ge reeds, we actually met face to
face
"l'he first notice / got was his sud
den spring to one side, accompanied
by repeated angry growls, whilst
nvoluntarily made convulsiye
spring backwards, atthe same time
giving fearful shrek, such never
before remember uttering. Ifancied
ust as he growled that he was COM
ng upon me. We now heaped on
more woo::, and kept up avery tronp
lre until the day dawned, the lions
Ieasting beside us all the time, not
wlthstanding the remonstrances of
The little native, who, with true Be-
Guiana spirit, lamenting the loss of
SO much good flesh, kept constantly
shouting and pelting them with fla
ming brands. "-Cumming.
"Bu"sting Ia Ar."-An enormous
meteor was lately seen in the vicini
ty OF Morgantown, Va. The noise
which accompanied it created the be-
llet that it was the explosion of Mr..
tioblltzels powder Magazine. This
was found to be incorrect; for the
loud report was caused by one of
those mysterious travellers through
space, known as meteors. The Fay-
ette Wing thus describes the splen-
did object:
ION the day and hour alluded to a
brilliant meteor was seen by several
OF our citizens, moving with great ve-
Ioclty IN direction southwest. lt|