Lions were also described as very numerous and destructive to human life.

Antelopes were common in the jungle, and the hippopotami, though frequenters of the plantain-garden and constantly heard, were seldom seen on land in consequence of their unsteady habits.
The king's page again came, begging I would not forget the gun and stimulants, and bringing with him the things I asked for--two spears, one shield, one dirk, two leopard-cat skins, and two sheets of small antelope skins.

I told my men they ought to shave their heads and bathe in the holy river, the cradle of Moses--the waters of which, sweetened with sugar, men carry all the way from Egypt to Mecca, and sell to the pilgrims.

But Bombay, who is a philosopher of the Epicurean school, said, "We don't look on those things in the same fanciful manner that you do; we are contented with all the common-places of life, and look for nothing beyond the present.

If things don't go well, it is God's will; and if they do go well, that is His will also." 22d .-- The acting chief brought a present of one cow, one goat, and pombe, with a mob of his courtiers to pay his respects.