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A Journey into the Land of Black Sayages
A Journey into the Land OF Black Savages.

hips. We had not gone more than 200
yards before We heard fierce growls
According to what / had read in several
books of travel in Africa, expected the
lions to run away after the first shot. Be
fore going closer decided to take look
at the customers | would have to deal with.
Taking up my field-glass, saw a large
male lion bobbing up ard down over the
body of the gnu, from which he was tearing
big strips of meat. OF the other lions
could only see now and then dark head.
The grass in front of me was very nigh.
I made detour under the wind to reach a
place where 1 could get plain view of the
lions before risking a shot 1 gave the
Somalis instructions to follow me and hold
their guns in readiness, but before We could
start one of the soldiers shouted "Anakudja"
| (He is coming), and there was the old lion
coming on in a heavily rolling gallop,
looking dangerous, all the time growing.
| He came on so quickly that there was no time
to make geological studies. At 80 PAGES
he got bullet which stopped him, and
he rolled about on the ground and bit his
shoulder; then got up again and raised his
tail up straight; this was sure sign that
he meant serious business. so | settled him
grew so thick that could not see him, and
L was not going to take any risks, so
started to make detour to get him clear
in sight.
AT CLOSE QUARTERS.
All this time had not taken any notice
of the other lions, especially as / had seen
two run away at tine beginning, but had
not gone 10 steps before 1 was suddenly
confronted by a lioness, which stood growi-
ing at a distance OF Adopt 30 PAGES from
me. The lioneSS came crawling through
the grass where 1 could not see her.
The next time | caught a glimpse of her
head she was dangerously close to me, and
L fired without delay. Sine gave a pro-
longed howl. At about hundred PAGES she
made a stand again. At the same time
1 saw at some distance the old lion going
off lame. accompanied by lioness.
At that time another ioness appeared.
growing angrily. Before 1 could engage
the new foe the other lioness which | had
wounded came at me again. l stopped
her with shot, but unfortunately did not
kill her. L mad only two cartridges left
by this time, so there remained nothing
to do but retreat.
Somali soldiers back to the dead gnu to
fetch their guns and cartridges. l could
not see anything of the lioness, but when
tine one Somali said he had just seen her
L called a halt. At that moment the other
soldiers came up running with the guns
and ammunition, and the noise OF the
approaching men must have frightened the
lioness, for she jumped from out the thick
grass not 20 yards away. 1 shot but did
not kill her. This time she got up more
slowly, and 1 had chance to aim, and
was able to put shot through the spine,
and this settled her.
had no sooner settled her than had
to attend to the other ioness, that was
growing most ominously. l shot deep in
the grass in her direction; 1 heard the bullet
strike, and she sent up an angry howl.
1t was beginning to get too dark now for
further operations, SO waited till next