The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-09-05

| hours without suffering. However. I
began to feei put ont over the situa
tion soon after noon. and determined
to see what | conld do toward driving
my jaiiers away.
| was ten feet above the level. and
the lions lay under the bushes about
thirty feet directly in front Of and be
low me me. Both were eyeing me.
while the cub frisked around and oc
caslonally approached the base OF the
nil and growled at me like an angry
dog. | got hold Of a piece of rock
weighing about pound. and with my
head and right arm out Of the hole I
flung it at the lions and uttered q yell.
| had only time to sink back when the
head Of the male stopped the opening
and though [ knew he could not get
at me his snarls and growls so close
to my face made my hair stand on end.
| The old fellow worked away for ten
minutes before he gave up. and when
| dared look out again [ found him
! lying down between me and the bush
| The IiOness and her cub had disappear
I'd, and for hour [ hoped that they
had been frightened away. Then they
returned from the direction OF the
dead horse, and the blood stains on
their chops left no doubt as to their
| errand. I expected the lion would
now go away for his dinner, but he did
not. and | crouched down in the cave
| and went to sleep, knowing that was
| perfectly helpless in the matter It
| was dusk when / was aroused By the
| roaring of the lion. Unless routed
out Of his lair and hotly pursued the
lion does not drink except by night.
and then only after eating, He invar-
iabiy roars with the coming Of night.
and il he has laid by all day he sets
| out in search OF game as soon as 1t is
fairly dark.
As my iailers had had no sleep [
| did not know how it would be with
them, bat | was fully determined to
| make break in case they drew off.
To attempt TO reach the camp would
| be hazardous undertaking, but |
| would exchange the cave for tree
which stood about two hundred feet
away. [ got my head out Of the hole
| for look around. and IN the darkness
| could make out the forms Of the two
old lions The cub had probably been
| laid up in the nearby lair. Lions were
roaring in different directions, and
| after bit one fellow with Ii roar like
half dozen fogborns seemed 10 be
| coming nearer. His approach great
! ~ excited the pair before me. Had j
| possessed little more nerve [ think
I could have crawled out and taken to
| a tree, but ! dared not chance it
There we're a number OF hyenas Gid
| ing about and scores Of jackals were
ruehing TO and fro, and there was fear
that they would give the alarm, II the
| lions did not observe me. The male
| scratched tie earth and roared again
aud again, while the female circled
about him and leaped over him and
| altered a sort Of cry which | constru
ed was more Of an encouragement
! than Il menace to the Ion approaching
| from the direction Of the river. 1t
| looked to me as If there was going to
| be fight, and ] got as far out Of the
| hole as | dared and was all attention.
The strange lion approached very
| slowly He might have been mile
away when I first heard him, and he
was full hour coming up. About
every i've minutes he stopped to roar,
and every challenge was promptly an
swered by the male helow me. Ada to
4, 5s noise the hOwlss Of the hyenas and
The M harp barks Of the iackals, with
the cha, 'tering and scolding OF scores
If aonleo, in the tree tops, and you
ca1 49, the confusion which
reignoI for fftv nrsiIty minutes, BY
-7IU' and ~ 10 H. LILY nt2ano lion approached
w;tI.i9 2 fow vard9 / i, ould make him
out as he left the cover I. the bushes g
and he appeared to be full so I ''l,a a
anxious for a row. As he came ~
The female retreated out 0f slght. oot
/ could heac her whining. Every ny
en4 and jackal suddenly CEASED fii5
noise and stood still, and, fhoHgh l
could not see the monkeys, | thought
they descended 10 the lower branches
as il 10 get a clearer view Of the con
1iict
For perhaps five minutes the lions
stood scratching and smiling and
gazing at each other Then they be-
gan TO move around III q 1eryous way
b[y lion seemed dlsp0- ed to retreat,
and had given up about twenty feet
OF ground when the other closed IN
on him. | was watching for this. but
his SPRING was so sudden and swift
shat the pair had grappled before |
knew it. Then began fight similar
TO conflict between two mastifLs. eX
cept that neither lion maintained
grip with his teeth. They stood on
their hind legs aud struck and elaWed
and bit and rolled about like dogs
determined to finish each other. Dur-
ing the first ten minutes 1t was 4
pretty even thing. as near as L could
Judge, though they fought over al
laast half an acre of ground and we're
sometimes hidden by the bushes it
y,-as hard to tell which was having tie
-, OF it. At length one Of them be
10 whine and howl. a,id /! plainly
gan 4b;e bones crack under the others
near, ,fsa~ shat he turned tail anG faL
Leetn'5. .pi.efor stood there androared
'l"ay'gh N d.ameuod, When be fual
,dl'ii ", If she nei@nho.hood grew
y stalSei : ! heard lions IN almost
quiet, 3!a; 3g5 a. ,Eaonsh afar eff, | de-
every dlIec'lo. St tse night u the cave.
ternihed 70 i'a9 resy half hour ! was
disturbed by the s'S@ ;@.o =, .bs .a,@,'17 o,on
thrusting their hea, ~ I baar3 m
ing to sniff at me, ~.s+a3 IN tho
more Of the lions I y g. - cra-yia3 ,.,- I+-s
sun was fairly up and . zyh;@h 7
out ana started for camp,
reached without accident.
After dinner took SIX of the nlack
fellows and returned to the spot, Ai22-
ing to secure revenge for the . !
had been treated Just III front -
the cave, out of which q hyena boitt ~
as we came up, there were doze' l