The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-15

LION SHOOTING.
Great Sport With the King of Beasts in
the African Jungle.

! Great Sport With the King of Beasts in
the African Jungle.
At the termination of two years of
service in the center of Africa. [ found
myself, in the beginning of February,
! with a few days to spare on the jour
ney toward the coast, and decided to
spend them in the splendid game coun-
try on the Athi instead of steWing in
stuffy Mombasa, awaiting the steamer
for Durham. During the course of my
service in Africa the supply of fresh
meat for the camp usually depended
on what could be procured by the rifle,
and many a capital days sport fell to
my lot; but the good fortune and Incl
dent which crowded into the few days
on the Athi We're so exceptional that
thought they would be worth record
ing and Immediately after the events
wrote out a full account of each Incl
dent while 1t was fresh in my memory.
Accompanied by a rev Swahill por-
ters, l went to Lukania and marched
up stream some eight miles from the
railway and pitched camp. There
were plenty of hartebeest, Thomsonii,
Grantii wldebeest and ostrich to be
seen, and during the first day I came
| on four rhinoceroses. One of these
made several attacks upon me. | did
not want to shoot him, as / already had
all the specimens / required, but it
was only by repeated stoning that L
could get the ill-mannered brute to
Jake hliit tliat ne was iiol Wanteu'
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there was terrihc scratching at my
tent, Whlch rocked until thought IL
was coming down. then the strong can
vas was torn open, ana the whoie Oh the
front gave way. was out through the
pacK before you could say knlfe,
barefooted IN the thorns, uharmed ana
feellng sure hon mad broken IN. inc
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by the llsht ana there were al the SIX
teen boys ana portefs CROWDED toselher
ana covering win Tear nearing tiN
hons, they had mace an lulotlc rush 10
my tent lor salety' anu pelhs uhapie
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OUT at tue otlier emu never lei' so
RIDICULOUS III my ne anu To save my
ruined dignity l optalneu stlch anu
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