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"Well, what sport have you had? " was Swinton's first question when he was joined by Alexander and the Major. Replied the latter -- "Pretty well; we saw an antelope quite new to us, which we tried very hard to shoot, but were prevented by an unexpected meeting with a lioness. " The Major then gave an account of his perceiving the tail of the lioness, and his rapid retreat.
"I am very glad to hear that you were so prudent, Major; it would have been a very rash thing to attack a lioness with only three guns. So the antelopes escaped?"