The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-08-21

are decidedly more sagacious, and the
black rhinOceros (uoetyaae) is certainly
more dangerous, and either of the two
could kill him in few moments, with
but little danger to themselves. In
| deed, he cannot manage an old buffalo
bull, unless he takes it by surprise.
Until lately they were to be found in
Natal, andin troops in the Zulu country,
] but have retired back with the game,
and, except on the Zulu coast, there are
now only few stray ones, until you
reach the Ubombo mountains. There.
along the banks of the rivers Pongolo.
! NkEavuma, UsUtu, and more especially
! the Mbuluzi and Mbuluzane, they
abound, troops of ten or twelve being by
no means rare. Like all the feline tribe,
they hunt more by night than by day,
| but in the uninhabited districts they
prowl about by daylight, especially when
hungry. When their hunting has been
successful, they sleep the whole day in
some thicket hard by their prey, return
ing to it after their evening drink, as
like all carnivora they must drink fre-
queDtly, and their presence is q sure
sign of water being near.
Their favorite food is buffalo and ze-
bra, preferably the latter, though they
generally go after the former, as they
are more easily stalked from frequent
ing the thicker parts of the Jungle.
Sometimes, when attracted by meat,
they will come and roar all night within
"a few yards of the camp, and cases have
occurred when they have attacked it. I
remember one man, European, who
had to spend the night in a tree watching
a male lion which had sprung into the
camp and seized piece of meat, kindly
taking no notice of the terrified scram.
bic he caused, and which, after roaring
for little, was joined by two lionesses,
the three proceeding TO eat all the buf-
falo-meat in stock, one always keeping
guard while the other two went to water.
4 This is a habit of theirs when they
have killed any thing, to protect it from
vultures, wolves, and iackals, which, if
not prevented, would pick the bones
clean in few minutes. re
I know Dutch hunter, very pow
erful man, who was once sleeping out
near the Nkwavuma He had been un-
successfully pursuing game all day, and
had made no camp fence or other pro-
lection, as he had got no meat with him.
During the night hewas awoke by some
thing catching hold of his arm. Think
iprr II yvoo q WOLF ba No 4 a q, 4,.o,,, -, I -,
effort to free himself, striking out at it
with the disengaged arm. The blow was
such that if it did not knock the animal
down, it at any rate drove it back, and
enabled him to snatch up his rifle and
fire. The lion, as to his astonishment it
turned out to be, jumped away roaring,
and next morning was found dead n few
yards off
They are excessively fond of eating
buffalo and other game, killed too late
In the day to be broken up, and, even
when the hunters are sleeping by it.
they will come almost within the glare
of the fire. and tear and crunch away,
taking no notice of shots or stones, but
an occasional growl, unless hit, when
they are pretty certain to make one
spring into the centre of the camp and
do all the mischief they can. 4 propo8
of this, 1 remember hearing of very
plucky thing done by a native hunter of
friend of mine. He had killed buf-
falo and was sleeping out by it alone,
and during the night heard crunching
I going on that only a lions powerful jaw
could produce. He got up, and by the
7 dim light Of n third-quarter moon could
I Just make ont the outlines of two lions.
about twenty yards off He took steady
aim-he only had ngle-barrel-and
fired at the nearest, which made bound
upward and fell dead. The other took
no notice, and after a minute resumed
its meal, upon which he quietly loaded
and shot it dead on the spot. It showed
great pluck, for alone in the dark with
I two lions, and only one shot-to trust to,
is any thing but pleasant position
! Sometimes have heard the most ex-
traor1inary concerts going on round
game the lions. We're feeding on, wolves,
hyenas, and jaekals, keeping up con
tinuRl Mound Of bowling, squealing, and
laughing, which, being interpreted,
meant, Isuppose, that they were very
hungry and wished the lions would
clear out and let them begin. 1t is by
no means unusual to find wolf or
iackal lying dead, punished on the spot
for dqring to approach too near the big
4 ger robbers supper, and have often
seen the spoor of where lion had
chased wolves several hundred yards
away from his prey.
Much has been written about their
roar, and must confess to having been
disappointed in it at first but after
time 7 discovered that, though it has no
resemblance to thunder or any thing of
that sort, it really is a very awe-inspi-
ring sound. 1t commences by a low
booming growl, repeated two or three
times, and increasing in loudness until
} il becomes n roar that fills the air, and
then dies away again in a low muttering.
Lions coming from different directions
will often keep it up for half an hour
answering oneanother, and it shows how
the animal is dreaded, that the moment
it is heard near camp there is a dead ST.
lence. More wood is hastily heaped on
the fire, ana all TIE natives uneasiIy shift
their positions, and take up their guns
and spears. More than once have lost
a nights sleep by a serenade Of this de-
scriptien. -" D." in Land and Water.
CoNFDENCE IN FRUNDsHIP.-One is
not ones genuine self, one does not
disclose all ones self; to those with
whom one has no intimate sympathy
One Is, therefore, several successive and
apparently different characters accord
I ing to the gradstion of the faculties and
the qualities of those one associates
with. lam like one of those boxes ]
hava seen encibsinp s4veraI l,oxas Of