o live almost entirely on them; so that where the
zebras lived, there the lion was sure to be.

I asked Inyovu how he intended to kill the lion. He replied, "First
find out where he lies down by day, then surround him and assagy him.
It will cost perhaps forty men," said the chief; "but we must obey the
chief, and take the skin and teeth to him."

"Suppose you fail?" I inquired.

"We must not return without the lion," said the chief. "If we did, the
Great Chief would order fifty men to be assagied, and send another
regiment to do the work; so we must kill this lion."

Inyovu never seemed to have the slightest doubt or hesitation about
carrying out the orders of his chief. He was told what to do, and he
must do it. He had above 1,000 men with him--too many, he thought; but
the Great Chief liked the regiment to work together, and always to be in
sufficient numbers to ensure success.

Inyovu now sent out several parties of ten men, in order to look out for
the spoor of the lion and to listen for his roars at night. What he
hoped to do was to come upon the lion after he had made a grand supper,
and when he would be asleep; for then he might be mortally wounded or
disabled before he could damage any of the Zulus. Instead of having a
great dance, as was usual before an encounter with dangerous animals, we
all remained quiet, scarcely speaking even above a whisper, as we
listened for the lion's roar.

It was some time before daybreak that a runner from one of the look-out
parties came to the chief and informed him that the lion had killed an
eland just about sundown, and had dragged the land into some long grass
near a small pool of water, and had been feeding on it during the night.
The place was watched by several men, so that the lion could not escape
without being seen.

A few low whistles were given by Inyovu to bring his men together; and,
guided by the runner, we quietly wended our way to where the lion was
resting. We were met by some of the men just as it was getting light,
and from a hill near we were shown where the lion was concealed. Our
party was then divided into four, and each of these worked their way out
on the plain, so as to surround the lion.

Great care, however, was taken that no men went to windward of the lion;
for, so sensitive is the smell of these animals, that if fast asleep
they would at once awake if a man passed several assagy-throws' distance
to windward of them. I was much s