Show LION AFRAID OF THE OSTRICH king of beasts inferior to bird in fighting qualities there la Is only one thing of which th the ton ion is afraid according to schillings schilling the young german african traveler and that Is tho the th o ostrich the bird Is arnore fleet than the quadruped and it can deliver its terrible kick hick with the precision and impact of a pugilist pu gillets a blow and spring away till it gets get an other opening bach tactics naturally fi disgust the superior being the lion has a weakness ea kness boA however eer for ostrich eggs and will make a meal of them whenever the vigilance of the parent birds Is relaxed saw a lion once with the tempting pile of eggs before him and he be was about to re pale ale himself when the owners of the property appeared and the beast slunk off like a whipped cur schillings con it Is an open question whether the hunting of the lion leopard buffa to lo elephant or rhinoceros Is the most dangerous on the whole hole however he be thinks that it if he be were hunting without supporting rifles in the hands of really great hunters he would rather take his chance with any of them than with aith the rhinoceros this animal Is remarkably fleet consider ing its bulk and when it makes a charge it Is next to impossible to get away aay from it then to Is the time when a comrade with a good gun and steady nerve Is needed to distract the ani aal mal g s attention |