The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24

got right under the pohy's tai; nut ulu NO.,
seem Ia know hos to strike, nud NJ ir1ntfl' "
INV great relief, tho pony began to gain on her
She nc once pulled M anu turned lnto q oVsIi
length, %panting. Runuing M. ! shot her ne.
fore she could prcpnrc for another eU"rt NY
first bullet had gone lhr2ug, lme muscIeii i W
Ing solid. Ind only drilled suite u, small, hole.
The natives snid that the reason shI could no,
spring without IA momcntArN halt TO croilrn.
II this Is 50, n pony could always get hNhy
less The pony was such n bHl one that the lion
could come alongside. ON two or three ocrn-
sions / have been chased myself Into the nren
grass plain, but have always got a tair starr,
and my pony has had no diillcuitS IN kceplns
out II the lions WY, "A ,1h nSy 10y 10Y ,Hl,n d mcTo
lie was trying a. round ur = Hon. ana I4t
rather too close to a. on . tired pony. iG
only just got away. This, same lion atterwerI
chased me and two or three OF NY men rot
quite a long time. Unless u pony falls down !
lion in the open. II one gives him q pretty
charges. Asa rule, the lion will give up tho
Of Hnssan's was about tho hest ! over saw, In
Somallland., He would not put a price on II. to,
cause he said he could make quite a respectable
incorne by making lUoting expeditions on Its
back. MS II was 30 fast nobody could catch him.
caught by tho lionoss wc had n pony killed by
lions thc man on rs back ".c9rlns 5"tm ne S GiSH.
T Tr.s ca "A, shs ak 't on .eyon miles i APART n eoch 81
them on tho edge OF tho Marnr prairic. on n
ban or open, grass plain many, miles in extent:
This was the best place for lions IL has ever
been my luck. TO ZONE across. Hardly II dny
passed that lions wcrc not seen Ivy 7 or
myself, very often right out in the open, miles
it was cool, cloudy weather while We were
there, and the lions secmcd to do most Of
SO many and they were so bold that the
sssomaiiss we're cute e Nervous ,Er mnout walking nn5
i between US shot twenty. four lions in this
place in II little over a fortnight, Besides
seen nywhcr else. Large herds of hartc.
beeste. oryx, and S~oemmertng's gaelic we're
10 ,3is o1 r. seen en- fe nnnn th IN ever Scrs a' r vood na n1S"a nss
triches and II few hunting chcetahs. In the bush
at the back Of our camps were Waller's ga2GllGI,
leopards, warthog. and manageable dlkdlki
and birds. In the rocky hills | saw several
klipspringers.
one morning Twas reused by his ma.
tivcs, who told i'm that three lions were Just
crossing a strip OF open ground within a nun
ready nrSi St t%o OF OF three hlF SH OF the DG men jumped wa" on
ponies and galloped after the lions-three very
fine males with names which were by that
keep them engaged till T had time to get
Lis rifle and cartridge and catch them ny;
mtmosa scrub, making for the thick bush he
you'd; and with an OF iect in view a lion can get
ni"r i az a o TsIy of 'H the p men n sot tn s start OF Of tito
others. and was rapidly overhauling the lions,
when he lost sight of them for a moment. lo
them. and. AS he rounded it. one lion came ut
him from behind and the other two from In
waited fer him. The native did a very clever
thing. There was no chance of getting away
by galloping., as he was regularly hemmed in,
Its wither, and Jumped right into the middle
Of n mimosa bush. Almost as he jumped tho
lions Knocked the pony over. and when 7
came up he found them eating IL. taking no
notice of the mounted men close by. T-h hi
other two gave his men the slip. These two
lions were decidedly out OF luck. as ! got them
the same niglt.
That morning n lioness killed a heifer close
to my, camp. | had already seen her tracks
This time the same thing happened again. so.
thinking she would probably come back that
up for her. We therefore made an enclosure OF
thorns under a miinosa bu,h close BY. me
thorn IS built up ali around atdi ana - one could
hardly tell the whole thing was not n bush. In
the front was a hole to shoot through. and "
get inside. After this we returned back TO
camp, and in the evening after dinner went
This donkey was also to serve as Il bait. for tho
natives had cut up and carried away the heifer.
t %s ,iSs the f sS%eey Of By OUR one ser tGrs!' and r' aftsS
showing in my bedding. crawled in through
thWs ops M = "a at the nick t Two men men who w S9d
thorns and then went away. talking loudly
to make the lioncss think that all was safe II
After looking about for some time I made
out the lioness Sinking along behind our bush.
down some way off under a bush. There was
no hole on that side. so | could not shoot with
Any certainty; sEd at; a last getting sleepy; lay
lioncss. and wake NE IL there was any chance
OF q shot. had not slept long when he
hand over my mouth to prevent me from call
ing out on being suddenly woke. l got up on
moment / could not make out anything.
1t was a lovely night: but even by the briGnt-
est moonlight n lion is not II very easy thing
TO see. There was an open ulade in front OF
the donkey, and at last. standing right out in
the open; | saw two lions. They seemed as #
AS / watched they suddenly started.
Two enormous dogs. Wien the lions GOV up to
the, donkey they did not seem to stop in their
rush. but donkey and lions ali went down
knocked. him over / did not see. as at the mo-
ment | drew back my head involuntarily. be-
a mass OF minosa thorns. the whole thing felt
!npleasantly close. When | looked out again
which was standing with its forcpaws on the
donkey and its headquarters within II few inches
far side looking me straight in the face; but /
sure lie could not see me as the moon was
right in his eyes, making them shine as If they
other lions body was in the way, co | deter
mined to give the one nearest me a shot. There
headquarters, hut he was so close was sure
The bullet would drive right through him.
AS the rifle came up TO my shoulder II
touched a branch, which seemed to make n crack
Ike a pistol shot. and the lion turned half round
To see what II was. At the mo moment |
fired. and he fell, rolling over and over against
the, fence. and roaring loudly. Thinking that
in his struggles he might carry away some of
our zereba, | gave linn two more shots 10 ,
fnish him. As, | shot tho second time. the
other lion, which had run back q few Yards,
cane and stood close to the donkey. looking
straight toward us. pulled at. his chest dr,
rectly ! was loaded. He plunged forward. hit
ting the corner of our Zereba, then swerved Off, |
and We. heard him crash into a bush. where we
found Linn stone dead IN the morning. The
bullet had gone through his heart. These two
lions We're very fine specimens. One had a
very thick. almost Jet black, name: tho other
had a lighter name, but for a wild lion very
thick. There Is no doubt these were the lions
Lad seen, as the next day. riding over to
visit him, | followed their back trail TO within
n mile OF his camp. They were In the beat OF
but empty. so that may account for
their boldness.
"PIanted HOrseshoes."
From me Washington star.
We have had "sRlted" gold mines. and We