losion followed.

"Now! now!" he cried out.

The boys saw what had happened, and both, levelling their pieces, fired.
The lion gave a bound in the air, and fell backward. "Hurrah! hurrah!"
shouted Leo and Natty; "we have killed the lion!"

"No; it was my shot did it," cried Leo.

"It was mine," exclaimed Natty; "I am sure."

"You both had the honour," exclaimed Stanley, as he knelt over the
monster's head. "Here are two shot holes, and either would have killed
him."

As may be supposed, the boys' triumph was very great. Chickango,
however, was better pleased with the giraffe.

"Here meat enough for one week," he exclaimed, as he began to cut away
into the giraffe's flesh.

As we had no prejudice in taking an animal killed immediately before our
eyes, though we might have objected to it had we found it dead, we all
assisted Chickango in cutting up the animal, each of us taking as much
as we could possibly carry.

"You stay here," he said. "Take care no oder lion come. I go call
oders;" and loading himself with twice as much as we could have
attempted to carry, he hurried back to the camp.

The rest of the party soon arrived; and we had now an ample supply of
food for several days, if it would keep so long. Not delaying to kill
any birds, as the rest of the party were waiting for their dinner, we
hurried back to the camp. We found that Timbo had not been idle, and
had caught several fish, which were of good size, and pronounced
wholesome. We found Igubo's sons--the eldest of whom was called Mango
and the other Paulo--creeping along the banks at a little distance down
the river.

"They are after something," observed Jack, "for they have been making a
couple of harpoons; and they seem to know pretty well what they are
about."

Presently we saw a creature which at a distance looked like a young
crocodile leap off the shore into the water. Mango's harpoon was
rapidly darted at it; and he was now seen hauling up the creature, which
was struggling to escape. He and his brother soon despatched it with
blows on the head, and, leaving it on the bank, crept on a little
further. Presently another creature was harpooned in the same way by
Paulo; and they now came back looking highly pleased, and dragging the
reptiles after them. They were about three feet long, with a high ridge
running along their backs, and with hideous heads.

"Bery good eat," exclaimed Chickango when he saw the little monsters.

"Wh