The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-07
A LION HUNT.
Tenacity OF Life Displayed by a
Wounded Animal.
From Lord Wolverton' s Sport

From Lord W0lvertOn Sport
Next day we were TO have an example
of the extraordinary teuacity of life Of a
lion who has not been hit in exactly the
/ right place. Being tired, I turn in early,
and at sunrise Arthur returns, having
shot one Lion, and having seen the first
/ tracks Of a very large one, which he in
/ yltes me 70 Join in following. He tells
! me that IL was q grand sight, the spring
I Of the lion. II was dark night, and the
/ donkey did not seem 10 fear the hyRnas
! who were prOwliug and growing around.
( UP TIL the donkey remained quiet, then
| he suddenly began 10 quiver, the second
| after he fell with six hundred weight Of
| lion on his back. The lion had sprung
on the donkey's back, digging his claws
and teeth into the poor dOukey's neck.
I after shaking his thirst he lay down for
the moment, the better To eujOy the feast
that was before him. He then leisurelv
rose and stalked around the dead donkey;
al that moment Arthur fired and sent MIN
10 join his victim il that land from which
there Is to return. We breakfasted
quickly, both Of US instinCtly feeling that
we nave big day before US, which feel
ing is increased when two natives arrive
with the news that the lion who is still ct
large has, during the night, Jumped into
their zareba, and carried OF donkey,
which lie had entirely dev0ured that he
had come q second time and carried OF a
goat, which he had also eaten We are
soon on his track IN no time, and it be
comes evident very soon from the size of
the foot that he IS O very big one. ii is
not altogether very easy tracking as in
places the ground is stony: but By patient
work about II O'Clock we come TO q null
lah, where it's all Lombard street TO
China orange that our lion is lying up.
II S big patch of dry grass, so we deter
mine 70 ire IL. The cracking begins, and
IS l am down wind get the benefit.
The heat is very great, and l am nearly
blinded by the smoke, but luckily for
NE, see long tail high above the grass
as the lion bounds along. pointing in the
direction of Arthur. He has q difficult
runaway shot, the angle being wrong.
He fires twice with his 557 and twice
with his paradox, hitting each time, but
not at dangerous angle The lion dis
appears in the smoke. and we naturally
believe after such q fusilade that it's all
over but the shouting. We send the
shikaries 10 make a circle round and
they return with the news that the lion
is still within the circle. We wait about
twenty minutes; Arthur is of the opinion.
that the lion is in a bushy place on the
right, and advances with his two shik-
aries with rifles full cock up the nullah.
AS they proceed and are nearly past the
bush, one Of the shikaries catches a
HeetihR glimpse OF the lion IN buShy
place on the left. We now know
where we are. To draw him out we or
der one of our skikaries to fire at random
into the bush, we ourselves standing
about twenty yards away Instantly he
dashes out straight for Arthur who fres
twice, his shikaries once and myself once,
making an absolutely perfect pattern of
four bullets in the form of a crescent on
his forehead He rolls back, but is up
again in an instant, going, rs before,
straight for Arthur, who, having only an
empty rife left. lowers IL in the hopes
that ne will catch hold of it and give him
time 10 get out his knife. Luckily, Ihaye
one barrel left, and stepping one side,
get him lengthways and fire at his heart,
and he rolls over dead az Arthur's feet.
We find him very large aud it takes six
men to move him into good position for
skinning.