The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-06-02
Bag Ten Lions in One Day.
Sport Of Party Of Three in British East Africa
Nasal Bearer Saved One. =: =: 3: =:

sisted on following up the others,
who had now gone into some long
grass on the open plain. We there
fore 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 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 1t
were some big rocks. She was with
In fifty yards when, in the gap be-
tween the stones, she saw head.
She fired and 1t disappeared. A mo-
ment later 1t came up again. Another
shot and again 1t disappeared, only
to reappear third time. Once more
she pulled trigger, and there was a
yerltable 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
doornail, and my fourth a lioness,
which l 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, were rushing
past him at about sixty yards dis
tance. 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 lying
dead in heap, Mauser bullet
through the brain of each! Two had
light colored names, while the other
had black one.
"They must have been a different
lot entirely to the other troop, and,
as each one fell the next one, excited
by curiosity, must have stepped on
to slab Of rock which enabled him
to see through the gap in the rocks.
Hence, what appeared to be the same
lion was in reality different one
each time. 1t was an extraordinary
piece of luck, as they evidently could
not quite understand what Miss H
was, as she and her gun bearer were
sitting down, and the distance being
short she was able to make a dead
shot at each.
Captain H had just left us to
look at my two lions, when we heard
a terrific growl and my apparently
dead lion rose up as If unhurt and
jumped at Captain H. He did not
spring; he simply pushed him over.
The captain had no time to do any,
thing and went down like a log, the
impetus Of the lions movement send
ing him yards away. Miss H and
I, after an instant of absolute stupe-
faction, rushed for our guns, which
we had put down. Before we had
time to shoot, however, 1t was all
over. The Nasal boy, who was fol-
lowing close beside Captain H,
with the splendid pluck of his race,
drew his sine Ga sort of sword, with
all its weight at the business end) 4,
and hit the lion across the spine. The
beast simply stiffened spasmodically,
and before it had time to fall over the
plucky Nasal had sheathed his
weapon in the beasts shoulder three
or four times. Then we rushed up
to Captain H, who looked in ter
rible plight; he was covered with
blood from head to foot and uncon-
scious.
1--WE had during the chase got
nearer the railway line, and could
see a train in the distance putting
slowly up the incline toward Athi
River station. The Nasal are very
fine runners, so we dispatched one
of them to stop the train, and pro-
ceeded to contrive some sort of lit
ter to carry Captain H in. Miss
H, with a woman's wit, at once
proposed to skin lion and use its
hide. We accordingly started to rip
off the skin Of the very beast which
had mauled him, having first propped
up our coats over Captain H to give