The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-30


Mr.. r. Falkuer Carter. In charge OF the
elcohauts attached 10 the Royal Belgian Ex-
pedjs,on into Africa, gives the following
excit,ug account Of sudden encounter
which he had with lions ut kerima.
Ccotrsl Aries. at which place nc ana
his caravan Of 100 men bad arrived.
In letter received from him oy
toe last mail, dated from that stauon, NC
mentions the difficulties he bad exper'-
encefl In procuring animal food Tor h's iuep'
{. Our oniy food, - be says, " consists OF IN
dian corn poupded between Two STONES,
with a GOOD share OF sand, and only sait
with h. II Il well to have even tois, ou,
atm. men accustomed all their nVes 10 soo"
animal food cannot live on sucn poor 'aIe'
md 40 / go out every secona OF 'n'ru %!
with nv gun aud kill a zebra, eiano, WAFER
buck. &c. One OF any OF these ena.
bles us 10 hive In clover Tor s'ngs
day. A recent expedition OF th,s k'n";
however, nearly cost me my ,'e "a
fer that / must GO in search OF Ioou'
as there was not at the time morsel IN our
camp, and so forth ] sailed. NY nrs' s ~
was Al giraffe. into whom pun TWO pus
let's. and then followed him over VI" soS
dale until noon, when heat, tn'rs', auu
want OF food obliged me to give up 'nr
chase. After smoking pipe ahu ,aA,"s
some rest. 1 was on again, GOT sun, as
80. nm, missed him. The zebra. shouid
..ss,',;,n ;s ,be hest meat 10 Africa. Rather
Jisbear,ened and grieying for the poor no''
LEVIED. eyed fellows should meet on my re,
turn. for whom had nothing Ia the shape y,
food. turned toward camp. andlus al o'ov
y AZ. fine boar dashed past me. SEM
n bnllet through bin ct once, but on us
went. l knew, however, we snon'u W."
him dead few hundred yards aueao y. "YY
quantity of blood In the long graz, 80
followed, but just then sighted .hiee 1e
bras-so dropped piggie's tra'i anu ~em,
of 10 try and stalk The zeDras. l" "po",
ten minutes after heard fearful row, anu
nav two yun.bearers said it was rhinoce-
ros. l laid bold OF my No. 10 bore, hand
inc nv .exprtss' to my bearer, telling
him and the man carrying the smooth.
bore TO keep close 10 me. L gnoed
silently through the grass, over SIX
feet high, until close to the spot;
then ! knew if it were rbiIoceros
that he was living down, as could not zee
sign Of him; so decided it must be TWO
wild boars fighting. Something toiu me
they could not make such horrible noise,
which actually seemed to shake the ground
and repd the very air around me. Strange
70 saw. II never struck me that the NOISE
might have proceeded from lions, although
The place Is full OF them; so | advanced
boldly, dividing the grass with my
rifle. I then discovered three lions oe-
youriug the pig | had shot, and IN tnat
short time had finished half Of il. The two
nearest were within two feet OF me, and the
funniest three and half feet. The bruies
boards, chests, and claws were covered WIN
blood. Though startled at first, was per-
fecily cool, and yet felt perfectly certain
that must be killed, as even tame lion Is
savage when eating his food. The lion OPP,
poste caught sight OF me at once, cured
ms Tins. la he'd his sides with his tail; but
what the others were doing c9nnot say, as
my friend vas IN the act OF springing, ana
i dare not take my eye off him for second.
AT last he croucbed for the spring, ana lei
drive in bis face. relreating step TO give
me q chance with the other barrel at one OF
the remaining two. determined TO sell my
life dearly, but 10 my great delight these two
sprang over the grass in opposite directions.
/ gave sort OF Sigh Of relief, looked round
Cor ny gun bearers, and there they were,
fifty yards of, trembling with fear and blue
with fright. The rascals had run away, and
had no gun TO fall back upon. Returned
TO pick up my dead lion, bot found he bad
crept away with bullet through him. /
followed his trail until the jungle got too
thick, and it being nearly dark"