But in the more interior parts of Africa the appearance, manners, and genius of the people are totally different.
We directed our course by the compass and the stars, getting every day prodigious quantities of game in the woods, and at night encamping within a proper enclosure for fear of the wild beasts.

One whole day in particular we heard on every side, among the hills, the horrible roaring of lions, resounding from rock to rock like broken thunder.

It seemed as if there was a general rendezvous of all these savage animals to fall upon our party.

That whole day we advanced with caution, our hunters scarcely venturing beyond pistol shot from the caravan for fear of dissolution.

At night we encamped as usual, and threw up a circular entrenchment round our tents.