The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-24

az Simba. Being a keen sportsman
after big game, and wishing 10 clear
the statipn a little 81 IT'S unpleasant
visitors, he. with mis- orderly, a native
mad made 4 PLATFORM iii bars apd cor
rn@ateA 4nin Between the legs Al the
tank. about eight feet from the grogn1
for lying IN ambush there, and shoot
ing the lions as they approached the
tank at night The station had az
East Indian station master. with ma
tives under him On the evening Of
August Il there WAS a fun moon. &C.
casionally covered BIS passing clouds
Capt SIegand took mis- station on the
platform at ESQ p. ~, and the people
OF the station soon after went 10 bed
and the captain was alone ON the look
out. Nothing occurred up TO ten
O'Clock, except the usual proving OF
jackals crossing and recrossing the
scene in the moonlight. Then the
watcher heard a beast coming behind
him, which proved 10 be a lioness. She
came up. paused under the platform.
and the captain heard the tapping OF
water beneath him He moved to get
a sight of her, and made a noise in
turning The lioness made side
jump of about five yards and smelt the
ground and listened She thus ex-
posed her side, and the captain fired
two shots. The first shot hit her in the
neck, the second in the heart. She
gathered herself up like horse aboHt
TO buck--as all beasts do when touched
in the heart-and then boted blindiy
towards the rail. ran on it for about
ten yards and fell between the rails.
Knowing from experience that
there is always a lion where there is
a Iioness, the captain waited on the
platform. a jackal which had smelt
the blood OF the lioness ran up and
down on the track of it. Then the
captain heard the noise of two lions
crashing through the high grass at a
different point from where the lioness
One came out first and went
up to the dead lioness and smelt the
or two the other lion came ont OF the
grass. Both together scratched the
body, when they realized that she was
dead and both lay down for some time
by the body, and then got up and
roared. then lay down again, and again
rose and reared, evidently performing
a kind of Irish wake or funeral serv-
Zee with dirge accompaniment over the
deceased honess.
As the clouds ocCasionally gathered
over the moon. Capt S'egand could
not see the animals clear enough 10
shoot from the platform under the
tank. so he waited for them TO come
towards him, as he expected them to
come and drink out OF the pool They
continued alternately lying down and
getting no and roaring ior two hours.
a iackal amusing himself by running
up and down the track Of the blood
Of the dead lionsss all the tine. A.
last the two lions came towards the
watcher. moving slowly and indistinct
al first from the varying lilht OF the
moon. They came on. one tehind the
other the frs lion held his head
4 WI The captain fired AZ him and /
struck his iaw. aud the iulet glanced
oa bis shoulder lie tumbled over on
his head. The captain fired a second
hot and hit him inst behind the heart.
The beast spun round like teetotum.
then rushed into the Ia ] lrass out OF /
.ight. The second lion stood watching
IN a sort OF ma e then fol owed bis 4
companion slowly into the bush. ex- /
rcsinz his right SIDE and The captain /
shot him through the heart as he I
new. from his gathering himself I'D 4
10 the usual way. nd then boitinz 1
blindly TIL be fell.