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Show WAYS OF THE AFRICAN LION With Increasing Scarcity of Onmo, Jungle Kinp IJocomcs Menace to Human Life. Lions aro Increasing In number throughout tho district, and, I bcllovo, In all Angola, though they aro still not so common ns leopards. Cortalnly they watch tho road for dlnnsr, and all tho way from llengncla to Illho you liavo a good chance of hearing them purring about your tfagon any night. Bomuthnei Midi a may find a certain cer-tain satisfaction in reflecting that you aro Itisldo Mo wagon and that 20 oxen or more aro sleeplr - around you, tied to their yokes. An o is a bettor meal than n man, but to men as well as to oxen tho '.Ion aro becoming more dangerous us tho wilder gamo grows Bcarcer. A native, f.om the wagon which crossed tho Cunndo Just after mine, wns going down for water In tho evening, when a l.jn sprang on him nnd split the potroloum can with his claw. The boy had tho sense to beat his cup hard againet tho tin, nnd the monarch of tho forest was so disgusted dis-gusted nt the noise that ho withdrew; but few boys aro so quick, and many aro killed, especially in tho mountain zone about 100 miles from tho coast. II. W. Nevlnson, In Harper's Magazine. |