Show HIS FIRST LION al hunter ter sunds stands still sd and simply stares at the th beast in lion limiting hunting in Soma liland capt mellis tells how hov he met his first lion or rather two ile he had bad been out on a hunt bunt finding nothing better than gazelles and antelopes and rad at I 1 nightfall after supper lit his pipe and I 1 strolled to the river m er bank after a few minutes spent in meditation he started to return and saw a lion and a lioness not more than 20 yards distant eyeing him attentively capt mellis had not even a knife with him and felt certain that if he called for help the beasts would pounce on him so he did the only thing possible he stood stool still might take him for an inanimate object they g growled gro aled once oi 01 twice as if they suspected so something methin 91 but finally drank and went w enec away iv ay quietly after that he nc never er stirred without a weapon of some kind |