The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-10-26
BIG GAME.
4 Wounded Lions Extraordinary
Tcnacity OF Life.
= Night Hunt Another Chase by nay
Loesting the Camel Being plscoy.
cred He Il Found Not So
EAsy 20 KIN.


Next day we were to have an es-
ample Of the extraordinary tcnacit,
Of life OF a lion who has not been hi,
Il exactly the right place. Being
tired, | turned in early, and at sun
rise Arthur returns, having shot one
lion, aud having seen the first tracks
q a very large one, which he invites
me to Join in following. He tells
me that it was a grand sight, the
spring Of the lion. II was d dark
night, and the donkey did not seem
e fear the hyenas who we're prowl.
ing and groyling around. Up till
three the donkey remained quiet.
then he suddenly gave CULVER, the
second after hefellwith sin hundred
weight of lion on his back. The lion
had sprung ON the donkey's back,
digging his claws and teeth into the
poor donkey's neck; after shaking
his thirst he lay down for the mo-
ment, the better to enjoy the feast
that was before him, He then lei
surely rose and stalked around the
dead donkey; at that moment Ar
thur fred and sent him to Join his
Victim in thar land from which there
isno return. We breakfast quickly,
both Of US feeling that we have big
day before us, which feeling is in
creased when two natives arrive
with the news that the lion who is
stu at large has, during the night,
jumped into the zereba, and carried
oil q donkey, which he had entirely
deyoured; that he had come q second
time and carried OF goat, of which
he had also eaten. We are soon on
on his track, and it becomes evident
very soon from the size of the foot
that he is a very big one. 1t is not
altogether very easy tracking, as in
places the ground is stony; but by
patient work about eleven o'clock
wecome to q nollah, where it's all
Lombard street to a China orange
that our lion is lying up. It's big
patch Of dry grass, so we determine
tofreit. The cracking begins, and
as lam down wind get the benefit.
The heat is very great, and Lam
nearly blinded by the smoke. but,
luckily for me, / see a long tail high
above the grass as the lion bounds
along, pointing in the direction Of
| Arthur. He has a difficultrunaway
shot, the angle being wrong. He
| fires twice with his five hundred and
seventy seven and twice with his
paradox, hitting each time, but moi
| at a dangerous angle. The lion dis
appears in the smoke, and we nat
! urally believe after such a fusillade
that it's overbut the shouting. We
sepd the shikaries to make circle
! rAnd, and they return with the
neSs shat the lion is stiff within tiit
circle. We wait about twenty min
utes; Arthur is of the opinion that
the lion is in bushy place on the
right, and adyanees with his two
shikaries with rifles full cock up to
the nullah. AS they proceed and are
nearly pastthe bush, one Of the shi.
karies catches a feeting glimpse OF
the lion in a bushy place on the left.
We now know where we are. To
draw him out we order one Of our
shikaries to fire at random into the
bush, we ourselves standing about
twenty yards away. Instantly he
dashes out straight for Arthur, who
fires twice, his shykaries once and
myself once, making an absolutely
perfect pattern of four bullets in the
form ola crescent on his forehead.
He rolls back, but is up again in an
instant, going, as before, straight
for Arthur, who, having only an
empty rifle left, lowers it in the hopes
that he will catch hold Of it, and give
him time to get out his knife. Luck
lily, / have one barrel left, and,
stepping on one side, get him
lengthways and fire at his heart, and
herolls over dead at Arthur's feet.
Wefind him very large, and it takes
six men to move him into a good
position for skinning. Wolver-
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