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must have liad a narrow escape, for he was only just
beyond reach of the brute, who might, it seemed to us,
by making a desperate Spring, have struck him down.
W e had now to look out for ourselves, for should the
lion discover us, unless we could kill him at once, he
might tear us to pieces. Fortunately another tree of
considerable girth, and in the position we desired, was
close at hand. W e retreated behind it. As the lion
turned his head and we thought might be looking for
us, we both fired. To our great delight we rolled him
over where he stood.
“ Bravo ! Well done ! cried my uncle, descending
the tree. '** W e ’ll now go after my elephant/'
Leading the way? without exchanging further words,
he dashed out of the forest.
