Show A 0 as wi WM 2 an fn N N ta i ON I 1 I 1 r t 4 SS r vr A X 4 24 L la 6 i i 1 e y A RM NO 51 bwy rel I 1 7 73 2 P A r ma 1 5 tua A 4 1 4 61 bac anal tea I 1 oar safta kiilau ud so some 4 etim irti ahls t banff 8 u ads T f m I 1 toa as aa 17 ac aai Z falt 1 I IT bif agy tomy stretch a A waif J daft lie boen door e ay jo 0 rj m b sl 0 stood candle in bearer of worm as iowa real cleasure lle asure toabe to the big r 1 no met mat enuch he ha may regret the fi loss ogg of e axe clorsia cr donkey which so go liften serves 20 r the introductory price to Ms majesty felts fells leo lea I 1 the scene of action was a littlon station on the borders of odthe jhb mashiko masalko lumbie country and some sixteen mires iles to the west of the river in south latitude 15 degrees 63 minutes I 1 was returning from a journey of exploration among the some four days earlier and had bud been tempted to sojourn a few days with my m y friends buckenham Bucke oham and baldwin in order to do battle with a man eating lion which three before had taken up his quarters in vie tae neighborhood and had been living right merrily on the natives over ever st blaa amal mr baldwin had given me a list of this lions bag from which it was aati aal dent that the animal did not shun the habitations otman and was particularly predisposed in an favor of the genor sex a trait in his character which went tar far to bring about his ruin on 02 jan 28 1896 1996 a woman was seized letzt d and carried off from just outside the village stockade and was no more seen or heard of lot on the the animal visited the mission cattle kraal his appearance apie arance caused a general stampede among the oxen and donkeys inside which broke through the palisade md and tore off in the darkness in all directions on this of course all that yas iras left tor for king leo to do was to take his bis pick and retire with his spoil to the entanglement of thorns at the back of the station which to man ble bie fastness he had chosen as his baad quarters he selected an ox as it 11 happened and de camped with tho be beef 61 the was a red letter day in his bis career in the daytime he annexed a sheep a lamb and a goat and them toro fore it is to be assumed he was not suffering from hunger when light aye ave place to darkness he must thus have beve been cither h a very keen sportsman an or in an enthusiast tn in his devotion to the lair fair sex or he would not have pawed aside the wicker door of a native hut walked inside and abducted a sleeping female from the bosom of her family and yet he did on the morrow he does not seem geem to have gone abroad but on the following night feb 1 he varied hs his menu with a donkey from the mission kraal which had belonged to me seme se few weeks previously then four days daya rest till on the ath he purloined a see oud donkey and was no more heard of till sunday the ath when he died by vt violence olence and this is bow it came about to jump into a pair of trousers and place a couple of cartridges into my 16 bore was only a matter of a mut nent as soon as the alarm w was as gov ot 45 4 r NI 1 ce 5 7 it I 1 t 4 I 1 if 1 I 1 i I 1 lai I 1 r 1 4 A I 1 I 1 N I 1 0 3 LOOKING AT MR BALDWIN en my plan was to approach the akmal and try to get a shot at the lion with the aid of blue lights which I 1 carried with me in anticipation of such emergencies as the present mr baldwin at once ance volunteered to accompany me and armed himself with a martini rifle then repairing to the boys bors alra I 1 explained my plans and called for a volunteer to hold the light which would enable me to get a suitable view of my quarry the african native does not shaw a great amount ot of enthusiasm sin for lion hunting even by daylight so icon I 1 confess to being very agreeably embly surprised when jhen three boys offered tu tj join us in the me attach my boy le IA cham ahm a youth of about 18 and a markoya who had recently ente entered ried my cay servia toa the remainder preferred the war warm glow of their camp fire As the we seemed to me most calmness bt bf demeanor m 1 In trusted hini with the tha blue light with instructions 10 to keep alose right derand and to sold hold thi und ignited Us be i other two prolonged the line thi iff i mr baldwin on their 03 ana thus ahu s we advanced slowly in into td tha ess 1 bubla sojie some pace af the he 1 I 1 6 am uv shir sharps ba e 6 frogg burtin assent emai t applied W he F ta hohes aa 4 hei 1 tue 94 lix I 1 i hz le r L J 1 I 1 raint iam di I 1 z liht L a t awe was ababa a one aw az j I 1 ia a f tl jj aher grawl i success agon As t I 1 a r itil or Ms M e ai s ej M X I 1 I 1 7 ai eig I 1 PV 1 A T b itte hl 1 I alap I 1 i t iii r 0 O I 1 11 0 A 1 0 I 1 I 1 ith 1 1 U d tet a 1 I 1 g 24 t U ii rw r w I 1 1 ws 0 iw J grotta ism or q a ibid ait ilin 1 I d zi 11 E 7 i ayi s 7 1 as 4 aff f lh T become q I IBM 1 e W ve ME id Z i 11 1 1 7 ad V r I 1 d 1 7 1 ahi ic W amt ya r atema ai acl 11 k W r 21 r e arft t A Z M 1 ba WE acm I 1 tag a S 11 0 c aemlia 1 int 4 1 w 1 11 64 tr ema 1 a 1 11 ima 7 W 4 ge nal I 1 I 1 R 40 X FER 7 wa abeln aBS 1 lN Sj j v 4 31 1 1 t A T ai I 1 P lr N bili i I r Us t I 1 sisi I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 when its his grol ancial all beds became ia e quiet again A aa second light responded to the striker eri imd and nt lit un the kraal kisil and its sur aur rounding the enemy had decamped camped de and taken coyest in ii th the a scrub beyond 1 WO our steps step sand and smoked i a pipe in order to give his big majesty time to think over matters mattera and return to his meat in about halt half art an hours time w retained to the attack atiat k As we neared the I 1 kraw kraal another low growl greeted rs I 1 struck a light and as I 1 did so the Us ma boy told me he saw the it lion standing near an ant heap close by the kraal I 1 looked and saw two dark objects one on an either side of the tha ant heap to the left what 1 I took tor for a bush as it seemed much loo too large for a lion was all I 1 could see to the right what might easily be a crouching lion attracted my notice I 1 fire at the latter the light went out ana was quiet another light revealed the smaller object still there and it IA so still for all I 1 know but the larger one had disappeared I 1 had fired at the wrong one the next attempt only gave us qs a glimpse as his body glided to covert from behind the kraal he evidently mean to give us another caunce that night so we decided to retire to rest but not to sleep 2nd and nd make a further attempt at grey dawn in the bope of getting a shot before he had reached the impenetrable bush behind the station where it would be impossible to get at him yet once more mr baldwin called me from the world of sleep as he opened the door of the hut this time bow however he said nothing but lookado a great deal I 1 uttered one short but expressive syllable as I 1 realized that the sun was already high in the heavens havens and the chance of coming up the lion very remote indeed the animal mr baldwin told me had actually een eaten his hie way through stakes as r ack rack as a ra mans ans arm in order to gain en to the kraal he had of morrse dragged away the carcass and era er this have reached his lair we found as the boys had reported to mr baldwin that a hole had been eaten through the palisade and at the tar far side a larger opening through which the surviving terrified animals had mude made their escape A groove in the sandy soil showed the line along the carcass had been dragged accompanied by three boys we folio followed the spoor until after traversing sono somo five hundred yards only we came upon the remains of the ox lying at the entrance 0 of f a tunnel through dense thorn bush no lion was to be seen though tere was but little doubt that the marauder was within a few yards of his prey A growl soon disclosed his whereabouts and as it came from behind a ifill d ot bush only a few paces in front I 1 arad at where I 1 calculated the animal stood fearing that he would not venture into the open with go much covert at his bin disposal there being no response or s sound of movement I 1 left mr baldwin and the boys and commenced to skirt the wall of thorn with the object of attacking him in his retreat I 1 had bad reached the ox from which I 1 was separated by a few thorns when an abnormally large lion cantered can tereA down the tac tunnel and stood for a moment looking at mr baldwin the bush would ra r A me to get my rifle round bi fore the lion catching sight of me not two yards from him tor for the first time turned round and trotted brck to tn co covert cert I 1 then continued the flanking movement until a brownish bae background beyond a small opening in n the thorns arrested my advance and I 1 cold determine whether I 1 saw a piece of lion or of an ant heap or dark less tree A movement of a dark spot t after I 1 had been watching for some seconds told me that what I 1 had iu in front of me must be the lion and thit must nose either of which according as he was facing me or standing sideways side ways made fiade an ercellene ercel lent hulls bulls eye for a brain satt 11 I 1 raised my rifle and took a aim a report a sudden movement of the fawn mass and all was still agaid on ema examining mining the carcass it was fou found td that the bullet had passed up the right nostril and through the brain tb through rough the atlas vertebra and resting under the skin measurement showed him to be much above the average hlll length from muzzle to tip of tail being 9 feet 10 inches and his standing height taken between assegais asse gais arc m the pads of his heels to the shoulder points just 43 inches in shoulder measurement only one larger seeram seem sto to have been bagged one shot by ar selous which scaled 44 inches his ets mane unfortunately left much to be e desired with the aid of a long acte and several natives he was carried birto the station there was great among the natives that sunday morning who congregated in large numbers and fin finished dished up by eating the ca carcass of their fallen foe notwithstanding the fact that two of their womenfolk women folk were entombed therein A S SH TL H |