African hunting, from Natal to the Zambesi : including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 to 1860 (1863)
Baldwin, William Charles, Powell, W. T. R., former owner. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : R. Bentley · leaf 153
119 LIONESSES. Kaffirs all fled at the top of their speed. The lionesses eyed me some time at a distance of about thirty yards, and I was casting my eyes round for a … tree, as I expected them to come at me, but they slunk into the bush, and I never saw them again. I afterwards gave a sea-cow a shot which I thought was fatal, but as he did not rise I went to look for another, and shortly hit one just under the root of the ear (the best shot you can give), and,…
Hunting
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