The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-10-13

have crushed mans skull Ike An egg
shell Seeing thai he was here ia com.
bat, took il ooolly, as il Was already
dusk. and the hoa having rolled into a
thick bush. I thonght il would be Advis-
able 10 defer the final attack, as he
would be dead before morning. We
were not ten minutes walk from the
camp, at which We quickly arrived. and
my men were greatly rejoiced at The
discontinue of their enemy. az they
we're convinced that he was the same
hon that had tried 10 enter The camp.
On the following morning before sun
rise, started with nearly al my peo-
pie and powerful camel, with the de-
sign Of bringing the lion home entire.
rode my horse Tetel, as be had ffe.
quently shown great courage, and I
wished to prove whether he would Gd-
vance TO the body o. lion.
/ Upon arrival near the spot which we
supposed TO have been the scene Of the
encounter we were rather puzzled, as
there was nothing TO 10 distinguish the
locality one place exactly resembled
another, as the country was fat and
sandy, interspersed with thick Jungle
Of green nabbuk We accordingly
spread out to beat for the lion pres-
entity Hadjii Ali cried out, There he
lies dead and / Immediately rode to
the spot, together with the people A.
tremendous roar greeted us, as the lion
started to his fore feet, and with his
beautiful name erect and his great ha
eel eyes flashing FIRE, he gave snceee.
sion Of deep, short roars, and chaIleng-
ed us to fight This was grand pic
turei he looked like true load Of the
forrest, but | pitied the poor brute, and
although the spirit was game TO the
last, his strength was paralyzed By a
broken back.
IL was glorious opportunity for the
horse. At the first unexpected roar
the camel had bolted With It's rider:
the horse had for moment moved TO
one side, and the men scattered; but
in an instant had reined Tetelu mp, and
| now rode straight towards the lion, as
he courted the encounter, about twenty
PAGES distant / halted exactly oppo-
site the noble-looking beast, which,
seeing me in advance Of the party, in.
creased his rage and growled deeply, |
fixing his eyes upon the horse, I now
patted Tetel on the neck, and spoke to
him coaxingly. He gazed inte ntly at
the hon, erecting his name, and snort |
ed. but showed no aione ~ -at-aat
PRravoi old boy ] said, and ancour-
aged him by oaressing his neck with
my hand, ] touched his flank gently
with my heel / let him Just feel my
hand upon the rein, and with Come
along, old lad, Tetel slowly but reso-
lutely advanced step by step towards the
infuriated hon, that greeted him With
continued growls The horse snorted
several times loudly, and stared fxedly
at the terrible face before him; but as
constantly patted and coaxed him, he
did not refuse to advance / checked
him when within about six yards from
the lion. This would have made
magnificent picture, as the horse with
astounding courage, faced the lion at
bay Both animals kept their eyes fi1-
ed upon each other, the one beaming
with cool determination. This was
enough dropped tho reins upon his
neck. 1t ives signal that Tetel per-
fectly understood, and he stood firm az
rock, for he knew that / was about
TO fire. / took aim al the glorious bat
distressed lion, and bullet from the
Fletcher dropped him dead. Tetel
never Ainched at a shot. / now dis
mounted. and having patted and COAX
ed the horse, l led him up to the body
of the lion, which also patted, and
then gave my hand to the horse to
smell He snorted once or twice and
as released my hold OF the reins, and
left him entirely free, he slowly lower
ed his head, and shifted the name of
the dead lion; he then turned few
PAGES upon one side. and commenced
eating the withered grass beneath the
nabbuk bushes.
TsR .1sASL EFEaCT SR sesTs.