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Show i ! . I Jp I.I. bl gum- buni'i-t r 1IM' ! f f -l In their cpmlon to fll whlrD ' "' t""t AB"out M nlml to bunt In Africa. V M Hnnm wliK-l l ll"n' nlhri ,4 i -i llm biifTalo, olli"" ln th rhlnn.onn bin !' nrpnter I Buijnrlly 'I'litianL ! a iftt. ' p"y m"'" hlrh i 43? nlml. In It. h''"i" own Vlf .f!?!A mii-rl-nri., tin ""H "" ilt4t1if iliirK.riiiiii 'tyro IVrmintilW. '""H nt iyVl'HJt nmny r'" ip"l'nr h 2sv 1,1 1 A'rlc' 1 rh""" ,h0 .l.'litmnt "t on. IVrl,i I v" ,"'rn un-dnlr un-dnlr fortunati. In i'iirnunl r with H' Hon, and thai al..n- mkn lilin ii car uny'liuiK hut Urn hlliU uf bnt" that tin l mi pfl'Ulafly "nii'd In Im I hata liivnrtnnly rxii'rl. iir."l lli "'ntil ilnn-tfr ilnn-tfr In huntliiK wIhtb .l iihnnn "'onrprnpo. With llnna I hava n.-vpr ha.l unj tprlnnn trnulila. In ta.-t I lmp rnih.T a mip iklint roni. mtt fur Ihpm, for lltcy ara linrnili'im .in,l l"-n they arp woinntpil and followil im.i lb I""" rn. or In ihn raw or a llnnpra with rul.a Sn ar.'iit a ronipnit( hava ihn nnn In 1 :i ft Atrlra for llirm that thpy linv now tnk.'n in b.inCnn ttii'tn on hnrpptiark, rl.tlii Ihpm down ani: ih,illim Ihcin with rpolvT I aim II piidi'avnr In ilinw wh lha Imntpra nf Afrlra look an lightly ii.,,n il lnV iK'iinta of lha )uni'.p I miiat ciiifiini, iinlrn" I hp nila-iimlnrloil. nila-iimlnrloil. iiml limn, nmr Im' rtnim.'rnim and apn mora o Ihnn nllipr niiltii.il nf Ihp fliilti" or forpnta. un.lnr n'rlnln rlri'iimman. '.' hut " hna npvpr hpn my lot to pxit.Tl.nra any Errnt ilnn-rpr ilnn-rpr from Ihpm Thin l .rlni.irlly dnp I" an In-tmrn In-tmrn rniitlnn Im-kM n Ilia n-a-ilt "1 aavpn yinra' hunllna In lha wlldarnaaa nf tr.i'l.l Afrlra Al lliii.-a thi-ra ara mun puktii nt laritp. hut fur tlio moKt art thpy arn llonn thut Imvp tnl"'d hlood or llnil ara ton old to limit Hi.lr natural trpy. 1!i- x urna Mnn,ii.. am a rnrliy nillirr limn nlln rwlpp In limit Ad Ira nnd 1 unmta In lin t I know of only una run wherp a wlilfp nino ln Ihi ii pnl-rn pnl-rn hv a ll.m durlim Ih.- wlmlp iM-vrn ynira of my r.'ul.l.'iiip In Knat Afrirn Thi' ni"ry f llila H di.'.-'illul piioiikIi In Ha rill!. .ItMII. Iml l horn la a toiirh of liuuiiir In llm tinrr, n.,t llliilmi.l-I llliilmi.l-I Ii K I wna mnlloiii'il nt n rm.ill otHlvbiK tntprtinipnt I'liKt parly In 1901, wln n a linllrt nllllP In nnn day ami ri'i'.nlrd Unit a whiia ran. who had Ih.'ii iriiHi.'i'ilnn for Ian. I, Iii'l da ii innrpil nnd hit h' iiiiavaii of ...r'. r aliiini.1 Harvlng noma daya 'iii.irrli nwny fri-m mv i-oft. I hnati'np.l nut to t.'iit.-ti tnr tlm ttimi mnl in r.-lltiv Ilia porlcra fmin thi'lr itrritlci.iiH'iil (Hi my nrrlvnl nt ihi rnmp I fiund that lha riiri.m Iiml no Men " InH had hpnime of tliplr mtiiirr At II rut I mni . t.'d fi.ul luy. but latpr rnmp to tli . t.nrliiNi.in lint tlm imn had fntlin a Tlrllm to a . row Una- In nat of tba JiiiiKlpa I Inalltuti'd a rlip p-nrrh and evitilunlly found Ilia hi'ad and Mlmulili'ra nf ilia tninr follnw. tin hint tir.n pnti'n tv a Ilnn. of Hint tbara pnuld hp no nilalaka, Jiilulnit hy lha rentnlna. TIip rimniiii'a of thp lin.ir 'Tp In a bnd alata nf dprompoHltlonn nnd I had Ihpm ptarpd In a parkin rnr fur hurlnl On my way to Ilia grava to pin form Ihp tturlal pprvlre 1 was atmoat nvpr-romp nvpr-romp with la. miner. itrt li tha aad orrnalon. hy ohaprvtna nn Ihp pniklmci'itaa coffin tia atpn-clli atpn-clli d wnr.la. ' Keep In mnl plnro." "Htow away frnm Ilia ln.ll.Ta " 'Tlia ra kliiK-caaa had been uae.l to all I p rnna of Imtlrr lit Kait Afrlru. henra Ilia palnti'd alalia TIip nntlvra ni'inalnmllir fall vlrtlma to tha dppre.liitloiia of 1 1, 'ii a. but Ihp whlla man rarely doi-a for Rnmp iitiknnwn rciann. Kvan than thp dentha nro mure often il.te In Rnngrpna aettlug In where men hive li-en mulled and rarely frnm annul dlre.-l killing I retnrmher W' II mr frat mppltnic with a Hon I ana coming Ii. iii.' from a illinipr party lata al night tn Nairobi, thp rni'lmt nf Kaat Africa, nnd had decided In Inai'crt hup uf my military guard on the govenutiem railway hulldlnea. When I had approached mnr enough to tha aenlry to hpnr what wna going on. I wna aurprlaed to hear him ttniitrltig the rorrui."iied Iron wall nf tlia bull. ling with the hull end nf lila Mnrllnl Henri rllle Me waa alinutiiig "Shun? ghno!" at tha top of hla vnlep I mn tnwar.t llm m .lli.'nver what waa Ilia mailer "Why are you nviking Ihta nnlan, you fool?" I cried "I Ilnn a'r er near, rating a lehra." he ro-plt. ro-plt. d I ran forward and ilcre aura enough, w-na n hig hlin-k ninneil II, mi m the brlKht mnunllghl, anting n r.lttn w'llun llt'v rnrdi of tha acntry He had e liletitly ilu.nl ilia gehra Into lha n nihil', killed It nn, I waa now happily taking hla aiipper He .,l, r,"l tn(. allghleat nttenilon In the a. n'rv a nmaiv hut kept on tearing great niaaaea nf lleah from the .bra'i carcaai, purring loudly nil lln. II like n huae rat. My niia'ly una wlih lie aenlry. for ha dara n.il leave lila puat nnd lip dara not fir at tha linen, fni he win tin. erliiln n a to the acenrary of hla old weap. n, which hint been condemned for ninnv yeara by the gnverumant and waa now totally until f.'r ,,.' Telling ilia Gentry m tnkn adyantnga nf tha anfety offer.'.! Iiim at the top of a nearby lamp-poat lamp-poat I linateticd I., mv Inuiae to Kct my aportln rllle In nr.ier to do im had to paaa within one hundred ynr.ta of the Ilnn. who paid no attention atten-tion to me nt nil hurried bach In lha apnt wlih my truatv rllle iin.l tired at the Hon. badly wounding It lie iiml,,.,! off Into the plnlna behind be-hind the town minting nigry mare aa ha went I decided io f,,i,,w m,,, (,,r ttnie at Icaal. hut after a tiring cimHe h- onidlatnncad me and I waa forced Iii return to hed Next iiuirniiig I n.le out Into the plnlna and aen relied mr Iiiiii ,, ptrkpd up hla apoor ami 111 two hn.ira tin. I killed my flr"l "nn Bl,llln a few mile nf N'mrndi tnwtiHlilp. Hp waa a vary fine atc. linen and well m.rthy of my Initial ef-fori ef-fori In Men hunting I iM Jmtly proud of my achleveiiient Iml had In anbllllt to a rnnalder-able rnnalder-able iiiiiniiiit of go, nl n.it ureil chaff from mi hmi her otllcala for being an keen aa to hunt m llrt llmi by mmnl!ghi , n,,, gtraPta of thp town On niii.tl.er ucciialon a young Hon cuh waa fninid by n parly nf ua iin.ler lha ralaed floor of the r.irrug itcd iron post. ultra building In tha main atre.-t of alrobl It had apparently come Into town with ita mother o Ipw It by night "d I ...I .r.,bahly been fr'glnaned br nmetlilni L - 31 Hunter's Talp of ihp Lion ar hp Finds him -Dangerous and VtM Contemptible, W. RDDQrt Fbrar and taken refuge un ler the poatoin.u tuf way, whuiever th cnuaa of Ita nirlml, lh fact remain, t la.af ll waa very eually cauglu nnd adopted by tlm I'.iKimaHter. It Krew loin nnealK.d llmi hciim, n ,K "imi allly. rhlldin,. Una inmiilHiiit nn, went the wy uf H (lf ua Tliu g line wai.len "f the cmiutry Innl two y.iuiiK n Put In hla garden and naed linn, BB ,,, Tiny were Hie two nmat plnyful yug lore liiiiiKlnnbin n, aiwnt their aimia nieiiia aialklng any one who might bo cull UiK nn the owner. I renu oilier inking n,. Im Kr' I" hem on OHM Ol', null. n TIip two cube liiiiiieiliutely be Kan In at, ilk .r In tn.iai nallatic m. 11,11. t. much to her iinbnr' rnaKtiieiit -ihey died nfler 11 Blunt iinii' in ea,t.vliy II often bnpiH'in (hla way A laity of ua went ,,t ,, S1.nd.1y after llnna and inli.ptcd the ni.iel iti.-i li . ..I uf riding lliein down un pony l K y,. ia., , , ,.nij helore we put up" ,lg tunny fellow and lllllll." lllal.lv g,. rhaae Thet.. were lour of ua III tho parly mid we anon t,, muled the lion up In line lilinpe While one nf ua llle.l nl llllll III lha open I'laln wlih a n vnlier. wounding til 111 tnnlly. he mine in hay. clawing up Hie earth In hiign pntcbca with hla claw a and milling terrifying ronra. We clon d In upon him frnm all al.lca, having much ndu In netting nur p. mica In fnce the un-11a11.1l un-11a11.1l lt tint I. hi np,. man rn.lu In rloae nnd fired nl htm with a revolver The lion wna wounded mnrtnlly for the apcond limp, but aprnng any-agely any-agely nt him and iH-lied him by the leg. We were hnrrllled to aea thp Ilnn drng him off hit puny to thp ground nnd rede fnrwnrd to tha rea-cue rea-cue W killed Ih Ilnn over hla body and an anied hla life, but iinfnrtunnlely our efforta wpra unavailing, fur. nfler living HirniiKli nn aguny nf torture for a week or more, lip died from gangrene gan-grene pnlannlng That It ilia tlrat and only cnaa where tha hunt-era hunt-era have Buffered from Una new and Invigorating form of aort It henla pig allrklng aa an eclt' Ing form of apnrt nnd la Infinitely morn enervating enervat-ing than ahootlng llona hv approved methnda of hunting There la aumethlng In the wild rliln nnd Hie nllendanl rlak which la nllogcther faact nnllng nnd Irrealallhln for moat men who have on.-a tried thla nielhod of Hon hunting dull a number of llnna have fallen ylrllma In the field na lha rcault of thla new plnn nf at-tnck at-tnck In fn.'l. the gnme wnr.len hna no leaa thnn four II, ,na to hla credit frnm thla method of killing kill-ing nlnnp, tn any nothing of the numhera which have fallen to hla rllle by the nccepted form of laying I wna In Ilia Hot Ik rnun.. 7 imp dnv. trailing out to Inapert n delnchmcnt of niv force, who were un nutpnat duty 1 wna alone, nhnut nn bnur'a march nhend nf my pnrtera and eacnrl nnd. II being very hot, I decided to all mid real until my enravan enme up with me I anw n Inrge and alindv tiuah n ahnrt dlflance frnm my trail nnd decided thai thla wnuld be n very pultntile apnl tn rewt. I went over In II and threw myaelf under un-der ItH welcnine ahaite Tlien I lonk a anllafy-In anllafy-In k drink frnm my water buttle and filled my pipe I muat have ant there for over nn hour, amoklng and thinking of whnt 1 aliould do when I renched lin.lon for my alx tnomlia' holiday, which wna wtthtn nienaurabte dlatauce I thuiight uf nn danger and amnked nnd built cnatlea In tho nlr In due cnurao my pnrtera hnyp In algbt find na they npprnnrlieil they began tu alng liiatlly Sudileiily frnm behind me a.tme-Ihlng a.tme-Ihlng big moved There wna nn Inatiinl'a awlah' Ing of the grnra and thp cracking of tw-lga nnd then. Io nnd behold, a big hlack-mnned Hon bound-ad bound-ad awny frnm the other aide of the hiiah! I wna too aatonlahed In fire nnd could only alare after It, open-mniithed with nelnnlalinient I do not know to thla day whnt had renlly hnppened, hut I atiBpcct that Hie Ilnn hnd lieen aalei'ti tn the ahado on tha other aide of the buah. na tinnwnre uf my preactice na I wna nf hla 11 waa certainly a remnrknhle experience and a laughable one. nltbniigh. tn all cnnaclcnco. It might have ended very differently . My nntlve pnrtera mid aervnnta were flrmlv cnnvlncpd that I had the evil eye and therefore the Ilnn wnuld nnt attack ma Nuthltig cnuld shake their fnlth In mv power over thp "king of benaia" If I had known of the prnxlinlty nf thla wnnderftilly fliip aped-men. aped-men. I ahnuld certainly nnt Invp aat dnwn nnd amnkpd an iincnii.'i'rn. dlv bealde Hie th.irndiuah At Mithnronl atatloii In the Nvando valley, near l.nke Victoria. In lha taller part nf wm I waa taking a atrolt out frmn the camp when thp ami had cooled off In Ho' evening ! knew that mi llnna were ever aeen In thla vlclnltv and an did not blither tn lake a gun with me My apnrt-I apnrt-I lie little fox-terrier. "Micky Huoliin." kept me conipany . I turned my fiiniBtopa tnwaid a a 111.1 1 1 atrcmn nhnut a mile and a half Imui the cmup On arrival ar-rival nt the bnnka uf the alumni dried up river. I atom) fur a while wntiliuig 11 vnnng reed buck gamboling with lis mother Micky Ilnulan rhiiacd Imaginary rata with deep roni.nl Kuilitealy tlio long ginaa on Hie npp.mllp bunk moved npart and a gia. ei.il t.iung In n. ati .n d out Into tlm open! I wna e.inilderi'lily taken iiba. k. for I bad HO IIK'lllla of nll.'lli." or ileleliie; innrcuver, aho waa leaa than a ainne a tliiuw uwny fnun me I looked nt her and ahe looked at 111. Then na quietly aa alio ha.l .11110. ahe dcpal'.'d. My dig had run tuwm.l me mean while mid caught 11 gllmpa.' uf thu llun. aa illnifiieiiiliig In the Inug giuaa He daahid niter tier, and I had lunch a. In to r 1 'in II him Tho lloneaa crashed off ut n K.'il-Inp K.'il-Inp Into th.i plnlna nnd Hint wna tho laat I saw uf her. It wan certainly a little uiMii'ttliig nnd lull.' ai-nll.-d my afternoon's stroll. Niiill.aa tn any I returned to my camp and neit time I look a alr.dl I carried my gun with mn. II la strange that tho lloneaa should have been In theaa. nwne, for neier before had ono been seen In thai neigh- V hnrhond. However, a few days later I left Muhornnl to run Into KlBiimu forty miles away. I tritveted by n band prnpellcd trolley on the rallwny Tha Irl weekly pnaaenger train from Hip ronal to Ilia lake had preceded mo by a bnrp fifteen minutes. 1'BB than three miles out of Muhornnl station, as we were descending a dip In tho rnilwny, I noticed aiinipthlng on tho track. We were an-prnarhlng an-prnarhlng II at a high rule of sliced nnd I could nnt nt first make out whnt It was. Suddenly, when only about sixty yards away, two young lionesses got up slowly from the trnck. where they wern lazily stretching themaelvea, and climbed tha bank bealdo the track! I had only a ahotgun nnd did nnt dare fire at them, for I had only amnll bird-shot with me mid only two shells In all. I shouted to my nnilva trolley boya to make tha machine travel nt Its highest sliced and they atuck to their work like heroes. We dashed past the two HuneBsea nnd began our ascent of the rlso. Luckily the two . rats did not attempt to follow or attack us. Aa far as I know, these nro tho only two nccn-alima nccn-alima nn which llnna have been aeen In this sec. Hon of the country Hut nit my many encounters have nnt been an ensy na thpsn. On snme occnaluns they have shown fight In a most determined manner. One In particular gnve mo snme very nuxlniis mo- ! mcnia. I wna out hunting men! nnd picked up the fresh trail of a Hon. I decided tu follow ami In duo course came up with him Ho waa a I fine, iinninnrd s, crimen nnd n full grown one k t rnst envious eyes upon his hi, In nnd decided. B come what might, to mid him to my trophies! Then began a bard stalk. Tho Hon would daali 1 off nl a great apeed and then dlanppenr In the T, long grnas I would follow as fnal na I cnuld. and i nn reaching Hie a.nt where I had last seen hlui. f would advance with great caution. Then he f would spring nut and dash off again Thla wna II repented several times nnd It tired me nnd sn I I lost patience I esayed a long shot nnd hit III in . f Ho disappeared n the long grass with a roar of F pain and anger 0 I advanced carelully. keeping a watchful eye I for possible developments 1 could son nnd hear f where he waa. hut could not get him In come out I; Into the open I knew that It waa supreme folly I to fnllnw tit 111 Into the long grnas In fact It Wll, f courting rertnln death I decided Io hum him I out My porters and myself set flrp to the n , grnas a ml then I sinnd rpady tn kill us tho big ft beast dualled for anfety P Suddenly with a mighty mnr h came bnund- Ing In huge leaps tnwurd me. I ilred atrulght nt I hla chivt and raked htm through the entire length nf his body I fired a second shot nnd still I he came nn. nlthniigh he was mnrinlly wnuniled I My gun hearer handed me my 1 nnd gun ,! j tired again nnlrkly. ,,, K'lll)( t)m I huge body fell with a crush nlmon nt my feet ( and I was able In brpnthp again ft4.v l( t,rt I been n very exciting few minutes and nw ,Un I It looked sb If the Hon might win. Thp akin I wna rnltip.l as far as hplng a Bond specimen wis concerned, for my shot, had .ertously damaged It However, he mn ile a bully trnphy and I wna null., plciiaed wlih the result. ,,f my ,n, f I had followed him Inm the long grnaa I Bhimld mnat certainly have been bn.llv mauled an that 1 muat have died cither frnm shock ,,r fr,,m ' grene p.l.lilng Ncnrlv nrry man win. Io,. died al the hnnila nf a Ilnn hna Cone .11 , .1, , result nf fulluwlug . wniind.d Ilnn Inm ,. onltshl ' |