We heard his hoofs for a hundred yards or more, then there was silence, broken now and again by distant growls.

As may be imagined, we did not sleep any more that night, but waited anxiously till the dawn broke, two hours later.
As soon as there was sufficient light we rose, and, leaving Tota still asleep, crept cautiously in the direction in which the horse had vanished.

When we had gone fifty yards or so, we made out its remains lying on the veldt, and caught sight of two great cat-like forms slinking away in the grey light.
To go any further was useless; we knew all about it now, so we turned to look for the other horse.

But our cup of misfortune was not yet full; the horse was nowhere to be found.

Terrified by the sight and smell of the lions, it had with a desperate effort also burst the reim with which it had been knee-haltered, and galloped far away.