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worlds not realised" will be able to sympathise with the feelings of one placed for the first time in the midst of this great unknown, unrealised world of strange, mysterious Africa. I was, however, startled from my musings by hearing the deep roar of a lion close at hand ; but he moved off in another direction, and his voice became fainter and fainter, until at last it died away in the distance.

Our days while we sojourned here were spent in sickness and other employments, as one writer of African experiences has put it with unconscious humour. The other employments in our case were superintending the building of our temporary houses, buying, selling, cooking, writing letters. It was during this time that Hannington met with one of the most extraordinary lion adventures on record. He had gone out with his gun, followed by his servant boy Bakiti, when he saw a small animal at some distance moving in the long grass. He had no suspicion what it was ; he raised his gun and fired, and the little creature rolled over dead. Instantly, with a terrific roar, there sprang out two great full-grown lions and came bounding towards him. His gun was empty, there was no time even to reload, so he turned and ran. The lions were almost upon him, and as his pace grew slower and more uncertain, he heard the agonised cry of his faithful Bakiti, " Hapana, hapana, kimbia ! " " No, no, run ! " urging him to swifter flight. He, however, translated it "Don't, don't run," and immediately faced round. The lions then stood still,