Show Lion Shooting in By LORD Foremost antonJ the great hunting authorities s of the English speaking world is us Lord Jord Delamere He lIe is credited credit cd with mth being the 11 heaviest l killer hUer in in the party parly J which bagged baJI ed the ih record number of African can lions l some sOllie few years ago 1170 In East Last Central Africa Arnea rl his proves prowess is IS familiar to evert every native Not Tong long ago a It 1 locality beset with faith lions sent a delegation four hundred tiles miles s to 0 call on Lord to fa ask him tint to come cOllie and wipe out the destroyers of their cattle In this his article he vividly contrasts the and practice of lion on in il the which Roosevelt will invade HE liE best beat of o olion ofT lion Ilan tracking t I over ever oversaw saw lasted live full T hours hour and Is so 50 memorable In ui sev sov several sovi oral eral respects that I 1 i purpose to use It as asan asan asan t an introduction to that general method of or lion hunting bunting Two of my men got sot badly mauled by bya b ba a lion so our camp had to stop slop where It was till they tho could bo be moved After Arter Artera a time one of them was able to walk walkabout walkabout about with his arm In n a sling and the theother theother I other was getting on well so one night I 1 decided to leave leavo the tho big bl camp next day and go with two or three camels to some somo villages only a days march away awny Early the tho next morning Ma Mahomed Mahomed homed Noor the headman beadman started with the camels I stopped behind to got set some Bome breakfast Just JUnt as ns we were vere going to follow a who had gone up the riverbed close by to get some water came camo running back to say la that a lion had been down to drink at nt ono one of the th shallow shalla sand wells In fn the night I started at once with Abdul Abdullah A dul dullah lah lab and two other trackers telling my to follow Collow on as ns soon as al he could get set the tho pony saddled When A tracking I hare bare always found Cound It Il too the hest best plan to have the pony pan led some somo distance behind Tho boy ought to have havo no difficulty In following the tracks of two or three men and a alion alion alion I lion and if the pony Is 13 kept close I up It Is sure to stamp or blow its nose at the critical moment When we got to tho well there was the spoor plain enough In the tho sand but rather blurred by some sarno rain which had fallen at daybreak This made madee the tracking a little difficult after aCler we left the riverbed bed but hut when wo we had followed it slowly for some somo distance I we came to a place where the lion had lain Illin down under u a thick bush evi eI evidently evidently dently to shelter from Cram the tho rain as tho spoor after this was vas quiet distinct on ou tho the top of o the damp ground This made ri us think we C were vere in for a n short shorty y track for It must have hae been light when the lion went ent on again from here and lions generally g lie up short shortly ly I after arLer tho the sup rises riMes but this day duy proved an exception because be ause it was ns cloudy cloud and anti cool through the Trailing the King of Beasts The spoor poor now led us along a sandy path cro we e could follow it as ns fast as aM we could could walk When it turned oft of into the bush we wo quite quilo expected to see seethe seethe seethe the lion at any an moment but not a 1 bit bitOf bitor bitof Of or jt Ithe he wandered about through endless clumps of oC mimosa ad ard bushes as if IC ho be did not mean to lie up at all I The track at last Jast led us down donn do D a Il little sandy watercourse course which H It fol tel followed follo lowed lo ed for some sonic distance Up to this time we wo had bad had no real difficulty difficult in making It out but now came camo our first serious check The turned turne off of along the side of a stony ston ridge and instead of going along It the tho lion had turned up the tho hill hili We Ve had got ot the general direction th tho the lion llou had been going In hut but this was no good to us as ns on casting forward In Inthe tho the same line to the tho bottom of oC theother the theother 1 other side of or the ridge whore there was ns some Jome sandy ground we e could coull find no sign of his having passed in that direction We Wo spent some time hunt hunting InS fog about growing less Jess hopeful as time went on o 1 A man following a trail by b sight certainly has haa an enor advantage over a hound hunting It by b nose because time Is of bf no I particular object to him and every direction can be tried In turn After making out cast forward wo we went ent hack back to the th little watercourse and followed that down for some Homo distance hoping that the lion lI m had turned down downhill downhill hill again but here hero too loo we were dis disappointed disappointed appointed and gravitated back to where we had fir t spoor Wo We knew that tho the lion had not nol gone gono straight on nor had he ho turned back ho he must have havo gone along alon tho the top tOil of oC tho the ridge and then crossed Into other stony hills lulls where Is was wall hopeless to try to track him Abdullah who Is never defeated Raid there thero was WIS a big riverbed further on in the tho direction III In which tho the lion was as going It seemed a 3 very cr slender I chance as ho he might have hate turned off oft anywhere an here In It between but It was wall tho the only one Olle so oft off we wo went Wo We were evidently la in luck Juck that day for wo we had only gone Jonc about a quarter of o a mile when hIm we wo struck the tho spoor The The lion seemed now to have hae made mado up hIs hla mind as to his direction for he kept kepton on straight down dotu the tho middle of tho bed The Tho sun had hall como come out from behind the tho clouds and and In places the sand Hand was wa very cr deep so that wo we O were ero not sorry when at last the track led Into n a little Island laland of bush in tho the eat that Hat sand There was no doubt the lion was as at home for on casting round no sign was perceptible of a track tracie coming coining out Tho The Island raised a little above ahoe the riverbed was waa wasI I formed of a mass of lell hush and creepers clustered round a afew afew few big bit trees Th Tho water coming down the river rl e after heavy rain had It roughly Into till the form of QC a triangle trl n lt 1 t A L S i ij tiro tso apex of which pointed poInted up the river From this point tho the sides widened out to the tho other end was about bout thirty yards broad brond the whole length being somewhat under undera a hundred yards Driving the Lion to Bay BayThe BayThe I The Tho shape made marle It n easy place to drive for Cor a little way wa out from Crom too point polut one could easily command the i whole of It t Tho lion was almost cor certain tain to break out of or one of the sides towards the bush on the banks bank of or the riverbed In which hl h case caso I should get getan an easy broadside shot hot If wo we fol foll followed lowed tho the track into the tho place the tho noise we were sure to make would bo be bovery boor bevery very or likely to get set tho the beast on his legs and he would sneak out ont at one side aa M wo went In at the other es especially especially as the water had left lert a lot of dead sticks along tho the edges over oer which It would be Impossible to walk quietly Abdullah also said that from the way war ho he had wandered about this lion must be he very hungry and would sleep lightly These considerations decided us to drive I posted myself with Abdullah a few yards ards out from the thu point and the tho other two men hay hav having ha haIng haying ing collected some stones began throw throwing throwing ing Ins them in at the alto far Car end cud Abdullah was right about this lion sleeping lightly for at the first stone there thero was a growl and a crash In the Lushes bushes bush os and then for Cor a minute or two not a sound Tho men started to walk down one on each side shooting and throwing throw throwIng Ing Ins in stones I w was as watching them and wondering what had bad happened to the lion when there was a faint crackling Just In front of oC us and an he appeared at the point of the tho Island Although TO we were standing within a few yards arh of or him and absolutely In the tho open ho he hI did not see seo us usH usHe Ho He H was facing racing straight towards us usand and was so 80 dose that I did not like to firo fire at him an as a on receiving the tho bul bullet bullet bullot let lot he would bo be very ver likely to plunge e eIn In lu the direction he was going and be bo into us nor did I want him hit to como come any closer so as ho he stepped down on onto onto onto to tho the sand caud I moved my m rifle up UI towards my m shoulder to attract his at tendon Ho He saw tho the movement at al alonce once stopped dent dead and turned his head hand sharply towards us ut For tho the fraction of o a second I thought ho he was going to bo be startled startle into charging but hut ho he plunged off orI to tho lute left with an nn angry snarl at us ut over oer his hll shoulder As he ho pusHed passed I pulled and ho skated along on his stomach and fell foil down don a little ledge ledo In tho the sand This slowed slewed him round and ho he lay Jay facing us on tho the sand evidently quite unable to move mO All tho the life In lu 1 him seemed seemed concentrated In his eyes which glared at t us furiously Another shot put him out of oC his misery The Tho first shot a II very had one had grazed the tho spine just In front of the tho withers I another quarter of an nn Inch higher and i It would have havo missed nUo lor I This lion was quite ex except exI except I copt for a few ew long hairs on each side of oC the neck and his teeth were worn I down quite short so ho he was waa evidently very vcr old He was In very vory good condi condition condition tion lion notwithstanding but his stomach was quito empty which accounted for his going EO so far before lying up We hail had to stop at ut the main camp for tho the night when we got there and did not follow up our camels till tho the next day dayI I havo described this track rather at length because it Is a good example of or many similar days daYA Perils of the Man Eater My first experience In tracking lions was early eul In 1892 IS and au the night be before before fore foro was wag rather an exciting ono onu After hunting elephants unsuccessfully for about a n month we wo were on our way wa south when hen wo we arrived one une day da at nt r i 1 1 i J f somo some villages lages where tho the natives had been very er much bothered by br live five lions which said to ho bo still in the tho neighborhood A girl had been lulled killed two days before and an enormous amount of or damage had boon done among tho the sheep and cattle callie The first day wo camped there two toO of our party had shooting made mado at tho vII vIII lingo I o to which the lions generally came and just before sunset they went off on there thero I tied lied up our two donkeys just out outside outside outside side the camp on the chance chanco that tho the lions might alight como came and look us up Just after aCter dark darle we te were having dinner In Inthe tho the tent when there thoro was waa a n scuttle scuffle out outS outside outside side and It was evident that some something something something thing was attacking our donkeys It was pitch dark and we wo several shots In the direction of or the tho sound Boun before we discovered that tho attack attackIng attacking Ing beasts were hyenas hen Wo Yo did didd dl not mind having a donkey killed Instantaneously Instantaneously by b a lion but we had not bargained for the poor beasts getting mauled by hyenas benas BO so taking a lamp I wo went out to see what had hap happened happened My ily donkey donke had got oft off with witha a n nasty asly n bite In the tho hollow of the tho hind leg above the hock and wo co had him taken Into two camp at once Tho The Theother other was completely disembowelled and must have havo been killed Instantly We could not find Md any dead hyenas but we were pretty sure suro that on or two must have havo been hit Seeing that If tho the lions did come to the tho death dead don donkey donkey donkey key there thero would not bo be much chance chanco of o hitting them on so 80 dark a night we wo pulled the carcass right under the or fence round tho the camp and to prevent hyenas honas dragging It away awn lied tied a l ropo rope to one ono of Its Us legs and passing It over oer tho the fence fastened it t tto to a heavy hea water waler barrel Inside the tho camp We I sat up uI for a n bit and d got sot gota a Ii few Cew shots at hyenas and then we vc I went to bed telling tho the sentry to keep a n sharp barp lookout and to let Jet us kloo if it lions carne came to the tho carcass Some time Hmo after I awoke c to find finel Abdullah bending over me with my m rule In his hand Ho lie was waN frightfully excited and all ull I could got sot out of him was Lion sir lion Jumping up tip I 1 rushed out just justas as aM my companion fired two shots into Inlo the tho darkness Tim Tho first thing I saw when I got gol to where ho lie stood was that thata I a great piece of tho the round tho the cramp camp lint had disappeared leaving a n abroad abroad broad gap I could not for a moment think what had happened and then It Il struck me inc that when the carcase had been dragged away the water barrel must have hae got sot hitched against the tho of tho the Interlaced mimosa boughs and the whole lot lol had gone to together gether gother It was waa frightfully dark out outside outside outside side and wo we stood peering out for some time limo without being ably ahle to dis distinguish anything but after a few rew minutes wo we could hear something tearing at the flesh quite close by We Yo had bad a shot or two t o at the tho sound and anti the beasts whatever they were went away As at that time limo we wo knew nothing about lions wo we worn were not quito quite sure suro that they the were ere not hyenas after all but Abdullah stuck to It they tho were lions llona so BO we wo got our hells heels and la In lay down ono one on each side sido of tho the opening just behind tho the fence to I watch hoping that tho the brutes would come hack back Nothing further happened however At daybreak we sallied out outto outto outto to see If Ir by b any chanco chance wo we had bad man managed managed managed aged to hit a lion but TO we only found two or three dead hyenas Ono One of these unites had bad been bee partly pm lly oaten wo we thought at the tho by other hyenas hy hr hyenas enas as It was waR still too dark to make mako out tracks Wo camo to the tho conclusion sion slon we had made Idiots of o ourselves and had been hooting i all night at and wo we did not nol fee f feel el any the th I better belter when our friends came back backI I t f k kc r 1 c 4 i 4 j t rl j j i from rom their night at nt the village and told us wo we had probably frightened every lion out of the country countr by b our bombardment Reading the th Lion Tracks Abdullah still insisted that there had been lions round the tho camp and anda a n little later wo we found Cound the tho spoor of o one big lion by b tho the body of the half eaten caten hyena The Tho ground was very stony and there were no other tracks to be seen but one lion could hardly have dragged tho the donkey donker and heavy hC y barrel away awn so quickly so 80 there thero were tero probably more Tho Tim other hunters had liar got hold of a man at nt the tho village who said he ho knew where the lions always lay Iny so they went Trent with ith aim Soon after acter they ther left Abdullah who had been hunting about camp came and told mo that he had picked up tip 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