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Show AMOMI Till'. LIOXS. tOllD IUNIMt lit CltUltOIMLL IM eoDTII AHIICA. Lord It. Churchill', tenth Utter from riouth Africa conUlninn acrounl of meeting with Hon. Iiord Jl.ndolph went out with hi. hunter, according to the Irtudon Urapt to, I.ee, and, after getting a ihot at a cou le of koodoo cow., ttruck oil to the north, vtheru tlioveltl. moreoiu. "Wo rere riding along," iiya hll lordihlp, ' through a ttnallopen glade covered with high era.., Lee a few yard aheal of tne, when X auddtnly .nw hhn turn round, trr cut auuie thing to me and tulnt with hit rlugir ahead. I looked, aul uiw gallotlng along through and over the gra. about forty yard, off a yellow animal nUut thu.luof a .mall bulloLk. It Unhid acrw. me that It wa. a llou the l.tt thing lu the world that I wai thinking of. I waigoliurto dlimouul and take aim, lor I a. not frlghteued at the Idea of firing at a retnatlng Hon, but I r called out In turcrjilou live or tix Uiuini 'IMk, lonkl1' at the tame time twlullng with hit linger In different Ulrectlona In Irout. I taw, to my Httonlahnieut, and ratlur to my dlttnay, that Ihu glade upieared tube alive with Horn There thry wen, trooilngunj trotting ulouir ahead of ui hVe a lut of euormou. dog-graat jelluw utJ.Ut,oUirlug tuchaei.htu I had never dreamed of. LceturniKl tome and tatd, 'What will you dot' I euld,! kuppo.. ve mint go aflerthtm ' thluklng all the time that It waaa vtry foollth au.wer. Thli I am the more convinced of now, for Lie told me attvrward that mauyiold hunter. In Buuth Africa will turn away from tuch a troop of lion, at we had beloro ui We trotted ou for a thort dlatanceto whero tho grail waa more open, the lloni trotting on ahead of ui In the mott competed and leUurely faihlon, very Ulflerenl from the galloping otrnfa aurprlted an I itartleil antelope Iieenow dl.muuut-eil dl.muuut-eil mid fire I at a lion about flfly yard. oU. 1 .aw the bruto fall forward on hi. head, twlat round aud round and ttagger Into a latch of high grata tllghtly to the left et whero I wai rid. i Ing. 1 ttuck cloM to Ler. determined to leave the .booting to him unleu things became critical, a. hll aim wai true. HI. nervea were iteady, which wa. more than mine were, though I do not a J. rait that I waa atalllrlghthened. I counted aeven Horn, Lee aaa there were more. I taw, and cried cut to Lee, pointing him to a great big fellow with a heavy mane trotting along lightly ahead of the reit. He wai Jmt croailnrr a iraall tprut about 100 yardi ahead, and a. he climbed the oipoilto bank ulfirod hi. hlndquirtcn a. a fair target, Lee fired at him, at which bn quickened hi. lace and dln.pi cared In front. We approached the ti rult aud aliuoit liter, ally uadermy noae. I taw three lion, tumble up out of if, clliub the opp tlte ilde aul dliapar. I aw Lee fire from hlJ hotieatouea. It wai climbing the I anil, which he wouudedba llyand which ri treated Into apttUhof thick grata the other tide of the t rult, utterlug eounJa tomethlng lietweeuagrowl, a grunt and n .oh. The lloui hal now got emie hundred yardaor id ahead olui aud hat dliap. iwared Into thick high gran. We knew that there wai a wounded una lehlnd ut on our left, and another one alto In front of ut, alio ou our left, Leo now got ttrrlbly eiclted. He wai perfectly frlghtoned torety on my account. . . Hetoldme that lloua would not ttanl being chaied very far, but would He down, conceal thenuelfia aud wait form, aud that If we approached the woun I ed llona they woulj lu all probability charge ut, when we ahould havo to gallop away at tho top of our apurd. . Lee determined logo anal ok at tba leoond wounded Hon, who wai lying away Iran ui touio ality or aeveuty yard.. I total J ho would go right away buck to uttnp, If t followed hhu tuward. the lion. I mw him go up to wltliln about ten arda of the grata whero tho woun led Hon lay, fortunately aao wa. badly wounded by the tint .hot, or the would probably hive oolne at him. lie caught a glhupteof her aud flrod There wo. a tremendoui commotion In the gran for a eeroud or ttva Lee'e horao gave luchalwuiidthat I thought he would have been thrown, turned round an I galloped away, 1 followed a. fatt a. I could. We galloped about two htm drtdyard.tolherlghtof the dlroctlou the other lion, tin t taken, an I then pulled up aul hell an. other hurried and auxlou. co naultatlou m , .And now oicurred a itrangu thlinr. Hlx koodoo cow i came audderi lyg.lloj lug along fifty or ality jard. away from lu one after auother. I called out to Ikw not to ihoot, ui thvy ere only cona without horns and 1 did not want uiJtlir. ittll further tou. lllcated. However, he wai notto be denied, Jumped clTaud ahot at the latt koodoo, bringing her heavily to tbe ground. Hht got up again and male otr. In two minute, the koodoo., which had been galloping In the direction direc-tion where the llona ha 1 latt betn teen, came ralloi Ing back pait ui upcu their Irackf, allowing iretty cltarly that they had gone right upon an I wlnled the llona, who were lying about near their wounded fellow. " |
