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+" Thou knoWest US not, then, that thus thou
lisst before Us Riss and hy for We belong to
sueh tribe, and l am Abdalliah p The lion.
Who has before this eaten more than one war
rior who aposlrophi1ed him in precisely the
same termi, continues passing his enormous
paws over his face to beautify himself, and
makes no reply to the challenged nor to the sec.
Ond challenge. nor TO the epithets Of Jew r.
"ChriStain l'-''Infdel r. literally bestowed
on him, until the voices swell in achorus, which
makes him impatient He then rises, lashes
bic sides with bis tail, and marches straight to-
wards the insulters. The timid are already in
fight; the brave remain and wait his attack
muskets ready, hearts beating. He is beyond
their reach, and walks leisurely towards them.
They now begin to retreat slowly, 10 order,
their faces turned to him, until they rsjois the
horsemen waiting at the foot Of the mountain,
who Immediately commences galloping about,
braudishing their muskets aud yatsgsnS, and
shouting defiance. The lion, on seeing the
hOrsemeu on the plain, psuses 10 reconnoitre
No cries or insults move him. Nothing but
powder will do that. Il is heard at last, and
then he changes disclosure march for charge,
which scatters the little army. No one is q.
shamed OF flying now each tries 10 secure a
favorable position from which to FIRE as the lion
passes. The horsemsn then advance. II, as
is usual, the lion has clutched oEe OF the re-
treating troops, it is only necessary fOra horse
man to approach within reasonable distance and
discharge bis gun ; the lion at once quits his
victim to charge his sssaiants. After awhile,
the lion. wounded and tired, crouohes like cat
and awaits his end. This is terrible moment
He is fred at and receives all their balls with
ou. moving but should a horse gallop neal
enough to BE- reached 10 two or three bounds
either the rider or the horse is doomed, for the
lion ia upon him in an instant, and never quits
his hold. II will astOnish European hunters to
heir that thirty balls, at distance Of twenty
psces, are not always enough to kill the lion
II is only when the heart or brain is touched
that death is certain, and the nearer he is to
death the more dangerous be is. During the
fight, but before he is wounded, if be clutches
man he is satisfied with knocking him down,
and the man. probably protected BY his burn
ous. gets of with mere flesh wound from the
terrible talons But after the lion has beer
wounded, he tears his victim, mangles him ir
bis jaws, until be sees other men upon whom
to spring; aud when mortally wounded his rage
is something awful He crusheS the victim un
der him, and crouches over him, as ifrejoicine
in his agony. While his talous slowly tea
the flesh Of the unhappy wretch, bis flaming
eyes are fixed on the eyes of his victim. who
facinated by them, is unable to cry for help, o.
even to groan. From time to time the lioI
passes his large rough tongue over the face o
his enemy, curls his lip and shows all his teeth
: Meanwhile the relatives Of the unhappy mai
{ appeal to the most courageous Of the troop, AM
they advance. guns cooked, towards the lion
t who sees them coming, but never moves
Fearing lest their balls should miss the lion an
8 hit the man, they are forced to approach s
|. close. that they can place The musketin the ca
9 Of the lion. This is a critical moment /
# the lion has any force left him, he kills tb
man lying beneath him, and bounds on the on
3 who has come to the rescue /; and az he lie
s mctionless on the body of his victim, il is i'm
possible to know whether he will bound or moi
In case his strength is too much wasted, the Ii
on crushes the head of the man beneath bin
} the moment be sees the musket approach hi
ear, and then closing bis eyes, awaits death.
, Such is the lion of Northern Africa, and The
s terror he inspires in the Brave Arabs who know
r his poweris Ineligible. Before quitting ou
r descriptive notices, we must call upon Gerar
8 for an account Of the lion g roar, as he frs
Q heard it while awaiting in hiding place tn,
e approach Of the king of beasts. After waitin!
: for an hour the first grumblings reached hi
e ear, as if the lion was talking 10 himself, ant
i this grew louder and louder till the yer
j. roof Of the hiding place tremble at the sound
II The roarings are not very frequent; sometime
!. quarter of an hour or more elapSss betwee1
9 each, They begin with sort Of sigh, dee
and cultural, yetso prolonged that it must cos
d effort this sign IS succeeded bya silence
i few seconds. and then comes a growl froT
y the chest which seems to issue from close
b lips and swollen cheeks, This growl, begir
d ming in avery bass note, gradually rises high'
{ and louder, and finishes as it commenced. A
Q. ter Eve or six rOars, be finishes with the sam
,e low, hoarse cries. which seem as If he vi
}, trying to expel something sticking in bis thrOa
0. that last being very prolonged.
is Nothing in Gerard's rene nbrance Press nte
| c.,:u. ->ut oe rono nar;aon NTH this tarrih