You will have need of an efficient weapon if you dismount to share the attack we are just about to make.

But I entreat you not to do so.

You can see it all in perfect safety, if only you will keep far enough away to avoid danger from the fright of your bird." As he spoke, we had come into proximity to our new game, a large and very powerful animal, about four feet high at the shoulders, and about six feet from the head to the root of the tail.

The latter carries, as that of the lion was fabled to do, a final claw, not to lash the creature into rage, but for the more practical purpose of striking down an enemy endeavouring to approach it in flank or rear.

Its hide, covered with a long beautifully soft fur, is striped alternately with brown and yellow, the ground being a sort of silver-grey.