He was David Livingstone. He was a missionary, and a great traveller too. He lived almost all his life in Africa. In some parts of Africa there are lions. Once he was staying at a certain village. Every night the lions broke into the yards and carried off a cow or two. So a party of natives went out to hunt for them. [Illustration: A LION.] Livingstone was with them. They saw some lions, and tried to surround them in a circle. But the lions got away. They were coming home when Livingstone saw a great lion. He was sitting on a rock not far away. He fired at him, but did not hit him. He stopped to load his gun again. He heard the men shout. He turned and saw the lion all ready to spring. (A lion crouches to spring, like a cat.) The lion sprang upon Livingstone, and seized his shoulder with his great teeth. He shook him just as a cat shakes a mouse. Was Livingstone frightened? He was frightened when the lion seized him. But after he shook him he wasn't a bit afraid. He said the lion shook the fear all out of him. He felt as if he was in a pleasant dream. He only wondered what the lion would do next. He did not do anything next. He stood with his great paw on Livingstone's head till another man fired at him. Then he sprang on that man and bit him. Then he sprang on a third man and bit him. And then--he rolled over, dead! So Livingstone escaped. Livingstone afterwards visited England. The little English children used to ask him to tell them the story of how the lion shook him. The lion belongs to the cat family. Does not the lion in the picture look like a big handsome cat? THE LAUGHING JACKASS. He always begins his queer cry about an hour before sunrise. Then he is heard again just at noon, and again at sunset. So he has another name. He is called the "Bushman's clock." In Australia there are great tracts of land where few white people live. These tracts of land are called "The Bush;" and the settlers on these lands are called Bushmen. [Illustration: LAUGHING JACKASSES.] The laughing jackass is a very sociable bird. He likes to watch the Bushman at his work. He watches him as he pitches his tent, and builds his fire and cooks his supper. He is a kingfisher. Kingfishers generally live near the water. But this great brown fisher lives in the woods. He eats crabs and insects. He relishes lizards very much, and there are plenty of lizards in Australia. [Illustration: HE LISTENS TO THE CRY OF THE LAUGHING JACKASS.] He hates snakes. A great many snakes are found in Australia, and many of them are very poisonous. The laughing jackass is not a bit afraid of them. He kills them with his long, sharp bill. When he is angry he raises the crest on his head. His color is a fine chestnut brown mixed with white. His wings are slightly blue. The mother-bird lays her eggs in a hole in a gum-tree. She does not build a nest. She lays her eggs on the rotten wood at the bottom of the hole. Her eggs are a lovely pearl white.