A LION BAGGED.

in a moment, including the watchmen, who had allowed all the fires, but one, to go out. Their first thought was that a goat or sheep had been carried off by a lion ; and they perceived the shadowy form of one, walking away from the camp. One of them fired two rapid shots, the result of which was an angry roar. It soon appeared that it was not a sheep or a goat that had been carried off, but one of the natives, who had been asleep near the fire. The lion had seized the poor fellow by the feet, and dragged him for about four yards, and then left him, disturbed, no doubt, by the man's own shrieks, and the shouts of his companions ; and thanks, also, to the plucky and determined manner in which his neighbour had held on to him.

The unfortunate man had both his feet severely injured by the lion's teeth, the greater part of the sole of each being torn away, leaving the bones, however, intact. He had little faith in the European method of curing his wounds, and insisted on carrying out his own method of treatment ; this consisted in covering his wounds with wood-ashes, and placing the soles of his feet as near as possible to the fire. On examining the course taken by the lion in his peregrinations through their camp, they discovered that he had passed exactly a foot and a half from one of their beds. At daybreak they followed the tracks of the lion, and soon perceived, by marks of blood, that he was wounded. They followed him into a thick clump of dhojiin-3\ms, where they heard him groaning. He quickly sprang out at them, receiving another bullet. He again retired into the jungle; and one of them, climbing up a palmtree, administered the cottp-de-grdce.

We all, with the exception of my brothers (who gave in to the rest of the party, as they had both shot a lion), decided to lie out at night in the hope of getting a shot at a lion. We chose places a long way from each other, on the banks of the khor,