Show ra A W MIT LION AFRAID OF THE OSTRICH i. i King of Beasts Inferior to Bird In InFighting InFighting Fighting Qualities There is only onty one thing of which the theton lion ton is afraid according to Schillings the young German African traveler and that is the ostrich The bird Ismore is ismore ismore more fleet than the quadruped and Itcan Itcan it itcan can deliver its terrible kick kick with the precision and impact of a pugilists pugilist's blow and spring away till it gets another another an an- other opening Such tactics naturally f disgust the superior being The lion Hor has a weakness however for ostrich eggs and will make a. a meal of them themi i whenever the vigilance of the parent birds is relaxed Schillings saw a lion Hon once with the tempting pile of eggs before him and he was about to regale regale re re- 0 gale himself when the owners of the property appeared and and the beast slunk off like a whipped cur Schillings considers con con- siders it is an open question whether 1 the hunting of the lion Hon leopard buffalo buffa buffa- lo 10 elephant or rhinoceros is the most dangerous On the whole however he thinks that if he were hunting r without supporting rifles In the hands hands's s 's s of really great hunters he would 7 rather take his chance with any of ti A them than with the rhinoceros This i j animal is remarkably fleet considering consider consider- fi consider consider- considering I ing its bulk and when it makes a ar 4 r j charge it is next to impossible to get getaway r away sway from It Then is the time when a with and steady a comrade a good gun S a nerve is needed to distract the animals animal's animals animal's ani I f I mals mal's |