Chapter III: Notes on the Lion

The lion--Native names for--Character of--Death of Ponto--Picture in
Gordon Cumming's book--Death of Hendrik--Number of natives killed
by lions--Usual mode of seizure--A trooper's adventure--Poisonous
nature of lion's bite--Story of the Tsavo man-eaters--Death of
Mr. Ryall--Story of the tragedy--Precautions by natives against
lions--Remains of a lion's victim found--Four women killed--Lion
killed--Carcase burned--Story of the Majili man-eater--Man-eating
lions usually old animals--Strength of lions--Large ox killed
by single lion--Buffaloes killed by lions--Ox slowly killed by
family of lions--Lions usually silent when attacking and killing
their prey--Camp approached by three lions--Various ways of
killing game--Favourite food of lions--Giraffes rarely killed
by lions--Evidence as to lions attacking elephants--Michael
Engelbreght's story--Mr. Arnot's letter describing the killing of
an elephant cow by six lions Pages 44-66

CHAPTER IV

NOTES ON THE LION (_continued_)

Depredations of lions in Mashunaland--Sad death of Mr. Teale--Great
slaughter of pigs by a lioness--Mode of entering a cattle
kraal--Method of killing prey--Sharpness of lion's claws--Mode of
seizing a horse in motion--Lion chasing koodoos--Lions lying in
wait for oxen--How a lion charges--Black Jantje's story--Numbing
effect of lion's bite--Cruelty in nature--Appearance of wild
lions--Colour of eyes--Lions at bay--A crouching lion--A lucky
shot--The cat a lion in miniature--A danger signal--Social habits
of lions--Troops of lions--Lions on the Mababi plain--Difference
between cubs of one litter--Individual differences in lions--Great
variation in the development of the mane--Lion probably first
evolved in a cold climate--Still found in Europe in the time of
Herodotus--Effect of cold on growth of lion's mane Pages 67-84