The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-01-03

following IL leisurely until we reached
the carcass Of the donkey. Whep we
reached the spot we we're delighted to
discover that the lion had been there
shortly before our arrival, his great
tracks showing plainly in the tell-tale
sand. We followed these in hot haste,
and soon an excited exclamation from
the Zulu told me that tho gamo was
close at hand. The spoor now led
towards dense thicket of wait-a-bit
thorns, about two hundred yards in
diameter, which we approached with
extreme caution.
"Lion there, sure, sahib," wbis.
pered Gan in Zulu, adding that l
should approach from the front, while
he went around to the rear, TO inter-
cept him in case ho tried TO pass
through. As / approached the
thicket, with the hammer Of my gun
drawn, / could at first see nothing. [
was about TO call to Gan when I sud-
denly made out tho backs Of two
large, yellow animals in the grass,
and moment later discovered that
there were two cubs with them. They
were evidently disturbed, but were
gazing in the direction taken by Gan,
apparently not having noticed me.
A moment later a fine lion sprang out
into the open, and seeing mo less than
fifty PAGES away, gave low growl
aud disappeared into the thick brush.
Tho other, lioness, stood looking
about, evidently reluctant to leave her
cubs. She wes eyeing me closely,
and it required great deal of effort
to enable me TO scrape up enough
courage to approach nearer As L did
so, she turned and ran about ten feet
to o thick clump OF grass, in which
she crouched so low l could only see
her head.
lions yellow eyes are singularly
impressive, especially If you happen
TO be watching them some thirty yards
distant, with nothing but the open,
level ground between. They incline
one TO n great deal OF discretion, and
IL was with extreme caution that L
slowly approached her, her eyes fol-
lowing my every movement and watch
ing intently on my part for the first
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reached point about fifteen yards
from her concluded that 1 had bet
ter open hostiities, and taking n very
careful aim Mt her head, between the
eye and the ear, pressed the trigger
With a furious roar she sprang into
the air and seemed to fly back through
her lair. 1 quickly threw in another
cartridge and fred just "a she disap-
peared into the bushes, and an instant
later L heard the roar of Cans ele-
plant gun, followed by the snaring
of lion. quickly ran around the
thicket, and arrived in sight Of him
just ms he was in the act of discharg-
ing his second barrel into the very
mouth OF the lion, which was charging
straight for him. As he fred he
quickly jumped to one side, while the
lion turned a complete somersault, but
regained its feet in an instant and
stood wavering, evidently too sick to
attempt another charge, but growing
horribly. I was about to fire at him
when he fell over on his side, and as
we approached nearer we could sec
that he was in his last gasps, and be.
yond the possibility of doing harm.
A few convulsive struggles, last at.
tempt to gain his feet, and he was
dead.
After making sure that the lion wa:
done for, we retraccd our steps to the
other side of the thicket, cautiously
approaching the place where L had
seen the lioness. disappear. We had
not proceeded far when we came upon
her, stretched under thickct and
breathing her life out, so nearly done
for that she was unable to rise at oui
approach. ] gave her a shot in the
head, aud she settled back with G
SILVER and lay still. For moment
stood, lost in admiration of her grace
ful proportions, with the mighty mus
cles beDeath her glossy skin, when
my attention was attracted to Gan
who was trying to capture the cubs
Although they were very young, moi
much larger than kittens in fact, there
was much infantile growing and bit
, ing and scratching before lie was able
, to make them prisoners. When h'
,, had finally bundled one under eact
arm we started for camp, rs it wa
, fast getting dark. We met several o
; my men on the road back, whom
sent ON to skin the lions, and arriv
ing at camp we fastened the lioi
whelps to the ceutre-pole OF my tent
, intending to keep them as souvenir
/, of my trip; and very interesting the,
!, proved during the remainder OF ou
, long journey. Field and Stream.
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