ection>THE LION
AND
THE ELEPHANT.
THE AFRICAN LION
THE LION
AND
THE ELEPHANT.
BY
CHARLES JOHN ANDERSSON
AUTHOR OF
"LAKE NGAMI," " THE OKOVANGO RIVER," ETC.
EDITED BY
L. LLOYD,
AUTHOR OF
"FIELD SPOUTS OF THE NORTH OF EUROPE,"
ETC.
IN ONE VOLUME.
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET
1873.
All rights reserved
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
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HE late Charles John Andersson, the well known traveller in Africa, and author of "Lake Ngami" and "The Okovango River," ended his days miserably, as so many other enterprising men have done before him, in the wilds of that continent, leaving behind him voluminous papers and notes, which are now in my possession. Amongst the rest, are materials for his contemplated great illumi- nated work, "The Ave Fauna of Southern Africa." of which an abstract has recently been published by his talented friend, Mr. John Henry Gurney, under the title of the "Birds of Damaraland, etc.," and as this valuable work has been very favourably received, and poor Andersson, in consequence, once more brought to the remembrance of his numerous friends both in England and Sweden, 1 am induced to give publicity to the present volume,
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
which, as coming from the pen of one who pro- bably saw more than most men, of the animals therein spoken of, will not improbably interest both the naturalist and sportsman.
Other notes of Andersson, relating not only to his more recent travels, but also to the natural history of various four-footed animals indigenous to Southern Africa, are still in my possession, and should the present work meet with the reception it is to be hoped and trusted it will, these also may probably be shortly published.
L. LLOYD.
GOTHENBURG,
May 30, 1873.
CONTENTS.
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THE LION.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION—PLACES WHERE THE LION IS FOUND—LION HUNTS IN AFRICA AND IN ASIA—DISTINCT SPECIES—NUMEROUS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA DESCRIPTION OF THE LION AND LIONESS THE FACULTIES OF THESE ANIMALS—THE LION'S ROAR—SIZE AND WEIGHT—IMMENSE STRENGTH COMPARED WITH THAT OF HE BENGAL TIGER—DOGS VERSUS THE LION—THE LION'S PACES………………………………………………………………………..3
CHAPTER II.
NATURE OF THE LION'S PREY—SAID TO EAT HIS MATE—DESTRUC- TIVE TO CATTLE—THE LION A "MAN-EATER"—THE WHITE MAN VERSUS THE BLACK—NATIVES COMPELLED TO LIVE IN TREKS— MANNER IN WHICH THE LION SEIZES HIS PREY—THE LION'S BOUND—THE WOUNDS HE INFLICTS—FOOT OF THE LION—HIS GLUTTONY—FAMILIARITY OF INFERIOR ANIMALS WITH HIM— THE LION'S FLESH—AGE TO WHICH HE ATTAINS—ATTEMPTS SUICIDE…………………………………………………………………...21
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER III.
THE LION MONOGAMOUS—HIS GALLANTRY TO HIS MATE—LOVE AND GALLANTRY AMONG LIONS—THE LIONESS A JILT—COMBATS OF RIVAL SUITORS—THE PAIRING SEASON—PERIOD OF GESTATION— THE CUBS THEIR SIZE, APPEARANCE, AND COLOUR—DISPARITY IN THE NUMBER OF THE SEXES—THE YOUNG LION'S APPRENTICE- SHIP—DEPRIVING THE LIONESS OF HER CUBS ………………………….40
CHAPTER IV.
DARING OF THE LION—SENTINEL CARRIED OFF BY A LION— TERRIBLE TRAGEDY—TWO FORMIDABLE "MAN-EATERS"— BUSHMAN KILLED BY A LION—UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF A "MAN-KILLER" BENEFIT CONFERRED ON THE CHILDREN OF THE DESERT BY THE DEATH OF THE LION—APPALLING CATAS- TROPHE—IRRUPTION OF A LION INTO A KRAAL—DARING SHOT OF A LION-HUNTER—AUDACITY OF THE LION…………………………51
CHAPTER V.
INFLUENCE OF THE HUMAN EYE UPON THE LION—DIEDRICH MiiLLER—GERT SCHEPER'S ENCOUNTER WITH A LION—MOF- FATT—POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE OVER THE MONARCH OF BEASTS THE ALGERIAN ARABS—GORDON CUMMING IN DANGER THE LION AFRAID OF RUSES—CUNNING OF THE LION ILLUS- TRATIONS FROM GREEN, CUMMING, MOFFATT ……………………….75
CHAPTER VI.
DAY AND NIGHT HAUNTS—OK THE LION THE LION—AND LAMB LYING DOWN TOGETHER—LIONS HUNTING IN COMPANY AD- VENTURE IN PURSUIT OF GNOOS THE LION'S PREY—BRINGING DOWN THE GIRAFFE—A PRECONCERTED PLOT—DOMESTICATION OF THE LION—AN UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER FOR THE BUTCHERS CAPACITY FOR INSTRUCTION RESPECT FOR HIS KEEPER— TEMPER IN CONFINEMENT—SCANDINAVIAN LYNX…………………… 93
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CHAPTER VIII.
LION-HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA—CHASE BY THE COLONISTS— THE LION'S LAIR—THOMPSON'S DESCRIPTION OF A HUNT—A MAGNANIMOUS LION—NAMAQUA MODE OF HUNTING—NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. ORWELL—A FIELD-OFFICER IN DANGER— SALT-PANS—A SPORTSMAN'S FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE MONARCH OF THE FOREST—LIONS AND DOGS ………………………118
CHAPTER IX.
LION-CHASE BY NATIVES—HABIT OF THE LION WHEN SEIZING HIS PREY—THE CAFFRE MODE OF KILLING THE LION—THE SHIELD —THE RING—RING-HUNT ON A GRAND SCALE—BUSHMAN METHOD OF KILLING THE LION—RESCUE OF A LION-HUNTER— DARING HUNTERS—PURSUIT OF THE LION BY THE AGGA- JEERS………………………………………………………………………142
CHAPTER X.
SHOOTING THE LION BY NIGHT—A NOT VERY ENVIABLE SITUA- TION PERILOUS POSITION—THE WOUNDED LION EXCITING HUNTING SCENE NIGHT-SHOOTING—GORDON CUMMING'S EXPE- RIENCES—THE LION IN THE DARK—LIONS WATERING THE MELBODA-ARAB LION HUNTERS—THE SPRING-GUN—THE PIT- FALL……………………………………………………………………….156
CHAPTER XI.
