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Show A FAMILY OF LIONS. An Eye-Witness Tells Hon: XheF Aot la Tbelr Natural State. "The Large Game- and Natural History His-tory of South, and Southern Africa," by Hon. Y- H. Druinraond, gives the following; fol-lowing; account of an eye-witness, which gives a ffqod Idea of lion family life: "I once had the pleasure of, unolH served myself, watching a lion family? feeding. I was encamped on the Blacl Umfalosi, in Zululand, and towftrtj evening walked out about half a. naiJe ' from camp. I saw a hepd oi ebra galloping across me, audi when? they were nearly three hurjtred"yflrtis- oi I saw a yellow body- ush t&waid; the leader and saw him, fa.ll beneath the lion's weight. There was. a, tail tree about sixty, yards from the: place, and, anxious to see what went on, I walked. UD ta it. While the lien, w rill rwn pied too much to look about him, aD f climbed up. IJe- bad by this time. q-jT killed the beautifully striped agaal but instead of proceeding Vj e&t H he got up and roared figoloup,' Vntil there was an answer, aD-j in a, few minutes min-utes the- lioness, acco-uipajiiixi by four whelps, came trotting ns. "ihft di rection as the zebra, which, v - doubt she tried to drive toward, h- h,,band They formed a fine 'pipW J,U stood around the. careatv 7 , 10 ing it and biting it, elps teff through the tough ski able to get lay down, and- the 1U, " Th,en the 7on offspring before hfe, ness- driving uer or five vards ofsjv did the same four and. cominencivy 'on whlch he g ishe'd a hin4 W to eat- had SOon f on one" 'side, t '.retiring a few yards T he lioness s 50011 as he had done so. carcass fyj, came up next and tore the . fills bus shreds, bolting huge mouth-i mouth-i eating not objecting to the whelps I iCbe as ueh as they could find. , gi'T' was a ffd deal of snarling and ' 'ling among these young lions, and r .asionally a stand-up fight for a min- .te, but their mother did not take any notice of them, except to give them a sharp blow with her puTV ii they got in her way. There was now little left of the zebra but a few bodies, which lmn- j dreds of vultures were cimliug around ! wanting to pick, while almost an equal number hopped awkwardly about on the ground within fifty or sixty yards of it, and the whole riou family walked quietly away, the liontiss leading and the lion, after turning his head to see that they were not followed, bringing up the rear " sius U00.1S Jtuupur uu to jooa c puc Stitintutai ouoispoj pue Suiqscp aq -qod e i;;.v puq utduio-j fo si antpraq 'dm 'sptatpii. uo noli rxi vll 31 I!.visp:ai-ui: oqi purj 'aSop sqj aoj sq;rjq "I I'i! u '"rix ojniTjjodTirB oq; o;rjpa -5,)J EUtJJ tJOop OtTq- 'AIT.lTJOOTO A'q portiSt oq tji.w jfoq pun 'niuattdde iiuiinTiu.iA put: SniiT-sq o-jO'dtnoo qt; potl!)-iu saiooa oqa n- 'ont-iiiLim a.iu -ut.ivroA ut qoat-c-o.! trutSuo aoi soijo'J -t-joqtq st p.i:.-ti oq .?iqcqojd i.vl q.itq.u smooj jnoj ojt; jtoorj paooos oil, uo onctu putt aodtno-sip joj spjrt.u. saT-9. saT-9. tq jo s.-pi5 .;!oddo no "pnjTjoai oq Ij. ivl sasn.isip snotJJuiuoonoa iijiav pojooj - 'nionj jjjjjtt-1; 01111 |