Show A LIONESS AT DAY baa I 1 it ir forte of africa in all while at least there we ore certain famous if onto zy 10 d who attack el estiven wilu alword d alono teria L biag the them and nal ili aft bolh a on la bono no back and on to foot it I 1 had A b boon out mi with 1 a lter parly t y ot of 0 gg a le e r 0 an find dechAro wo b bad a d casall or 0 a anvor i v 0 r on one 0 0 of f t theao h c so 1 u dent of tiler that sweeps feryo thing before it if wo a land passed through no as opening it tho the belt of jungle on the ban banff and ou on lored on a plain wil with clamps of bouab it lion suddenly wo we perceived ived at A bout two hundred yards ards dib dati tint taut a magnificent ent lion iron m loan a il aggy al media gave hire him A colossal colono appearance a m he bo stalked t quietly along tile the hat flat sandy bandy ground toward tho the ille of his hia duly daly retreat ili tho 0 rl LI alou I 1 tho the lion Z in tho the word wora flawed from their adleath la in an air instant the borica aero ere at full abd sweeping on the level ground the ibo lioa lieu had bad not oli gerred un bet on tho the bound of boods ho bo h bulted 1 lilaa 11 regarding us for it a in oi n ti with wonder as we decreane our di distance stanco when ithen thinking advisable ho he bounded oft off followed by the excited hunters buntoro as w hard bard an tho the bones could bo be having obtained a good start tho the agga jeers lad had gained upon him and kept up tho the pace till they arrived armed within willim about eighty of the cho lion who although ho be appeared to fly casily along 1 lio a cat lid aid not lot aquil the speed of th tho jr cionca in sheave aboul five minutes the lanti had bad runt run leve lion straight across the plant plain through bey eral crul open strips of mimosa A land and just as the they y v ere cro within ft a sew few y yirda arad of lim him ho he 81 sprang down donn don n ft a precipitous ravine and la im tho the thick thema in tho expectation of potting a lion hon 09 I 1 had bad council the curtails of a buffalo which I 1 hall had hot on oa tile tho pr emling day to te be do near a liuio haugo from boulder tiler iu is the ho coil ccntron tre of if this gross graw and when I 1 camo to tho the place bera it bad been left nothing remained not even a bone bonc v hilo th the 0 ground was wan much trampled and ilia trails of lions bonn apro upon tho the grima but tho the body of tho the b badalo had heart dragged into tile tho thorby jungle I 1 was wait determined if pos possibly to to get a abot therefore I 1 followed carefully fully tho the track left by the caron carona a w which bich had bad formed a th path in the ut withered gram tho the lions hoir had dra 9 ged tho the buffalo donial doni nl I 1 came to the conclusion that my only c chanco once would cold bo be to make a long circuit find anti to creep tip w ind avid through the thorax thoran until tit bo be by my noso nose of the pol petition tiLlon of tho the ca carcass which would bo be by this time in I 1 n A state plato of putrefaction nod d tho the lions liona bould A snout most probably bo be with ith the body accordingly I 1 struck off to my left nna imd coil losing tonight i forward tor for some hundred bundred yards I 1 again penick tho the toty al grass gram and como came round to the abo md and do upon extreme caution it be I 1 advised my mea inon to keep cloo belli kead we luo with till apara rifles soffy and with bin dini culty I 1 crept for v ard followed follo wod closely by my men through tho the high withered wiLb croil tram gross walh alf nerves strong to uio the full pitch and the finger angor on the iho trigger gor ready for any emergency presently a pull of wind brought to iny any L area tho the odor of de decompose compos ing flesh for a I 1 bal hailed teal and looking round to my moo modo made a sign that we iron ere near the carcass aiu aad that they ore cro to be ready with the fully prepared tor for A quick effi cit I 1 crept on A tremendous roar la Is the dense grass afew few alma a aalga indr bearda blood leap back wull and almost at the same bamo Tzi stant sprang out of the earth within a haf bad a dozen of yards of me another tre roar and wagging her lid fiercely ubo she made ready lor for a my illy men acu instead ot of oryl ng silence and cool nesse commenced to bo benl 1 and obade their fists ak her whilo while tho the two it who bet bore boral the abo rifles deliberately took to beels leaving mo me faco face to face with any boy terrible too foe I 1 fixed nay my eyes upon hers bora g her every motion U with jtb IN LUICLe f emotion ration that words fail to describe I 1 brought toy roy ratio to my and awat eted her spring even now dow I 1 anler ht at my any own coolness coo lucaj tend yet my blood was waa boiling ond and my heart bent ws in I 1 like ito 1 n I hammer gilb V lil th another awful roar she eho sprang sit roo mo I 1 firel fired efy shot abbot told lied card she eho fell dead nt at my arry feet kiy I 1 did not bond tho contend of toy my other barrel into ono of the cort coVi ardly ruit yeo Is a to mo |