The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-06-17
Bag Ten Lions in One Dav.
Woman Hunter Kills -Four Of Them-Exctng
Sport Of Party Of Three in British East Afric,1
Nasal Bearer Saved One. :: -

ply smothered in blood, chiefly the
lloness', for his only wounds were
claw marks on his thigh. caused nv
the contraction Of the animals mus
cles after death. These we're slight.
however, and as soon as Hassan real
ized he had, albeit accidentally, shot
the lioness himself, he began to strut
ABOUT In a ludicrous fashion, brag-
ging to the other men as to what a
great zion killer he was.
Miss H, who, in spite Of the mar
row escape she had had. seemed to
nave forgotten It already in her pride
at having killed her first lioness, in
sisted on following up the others,
who had now gone into some long
grass on the open plain. We there
lore advanced in line, about eighty
yards apart. We had gone about a
mile when my gun bearer pointed out
the top OF lions head and ears, Just
visible above the grass in a hollow.
We passed the word along, and at
once made for the place. There was
dry water course here, and Just in
front Of Miss H along the edge Of It
we're some big rocks. She was with
in fifty yards when, in the gap be-
tween the stones, she saw a head.
She fred and It disappeared. A mo-
ment later 1t came up again. Another
shot and again it disappeared, only
to reappear a third time. Once more
she pulled trigger, and there was a
veritable stampede, for a lion and
five lionesses broke out of the grass,
galloping in huge bounds across the
plains. They passed right across my
front, and my second bullet apparent
ly knocked over the lion as dead as
a doornail, and my fourth a lioness,
which I got with lucky shot at the
back Of its head
Lion Was Very Much Alive.
Captain H, who had seen them
coming, had kept down out of sight
for fear they should pass out of
range, and they went straight toward
him. On seeing him they stopped,
giving him an easy shot at about
forty yards. He killed one lioness,
and then taking his .45O from his gun
bearer took the neatest right and left
I ever expect to see at the other two
who, having separated, we're rushing
past him at about sixty yards dis
lance. This made seven lions that
we had seen dead, or as good as dead
and we expected to find the eighth
which Miss H had had three shots
at. What was our amazement and
delight when, after very cautious
approach to the rocks, we found not
one but three fine named lions lyinl
dead in a heap, a Mauser bulle'
through the brain Of each! Two hac
light colored names, while the Other
had a black one.
"They must have been a differen
lot entirely TO the other troop, and
as each one fell the next one, excited
by curiosity, must have stepped oil
to a slab of rock which enabled him
to see through the gap in the rocks
Hence, what appeared to be the SAM
| Hon WAS III lEallAg " NAAAN@N-'
each time It was an extraordinary
niece of luck. as they evidently coul'
b not quite understand what Miss H
was. as she and her gun bearer wer
sitting down, and the distance beini
short she was able to make a dea'
shot at each.
"Cgptain H had just left us L
look at my two lions, when we hear
b terrific growl and my APPARENT
dead lion rose up as II unhurt an
iumped at Captain H. He did no
, snring; he simply pushed him over
The captain had no time to do any
thing and went down Ike a log tn
70 impetus Of the lions movement seho
! inc him yards away. Miss H an
? after an instant of absolute stupf
faction. rushed for our guns wnic
we had put down. Before we ma
= time to shoot, however, it was a