With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



rifle, as already mentioned. I l)acked cautiously to where 

 mv men were. Now followed a " Schauri " — a conference 

 — with them, in which I endeavoured to make them come 

 on with me, but in vain. 



At last I sent l)ack two carriers, who had returned 

 from securing- the two antelopes I had shot, to the camp 

 for reinforcements. Without waiting for their arrival, 

 however, I determined, beinof now mvself a^-ain, and 

 having at last induced my men to approach within two 

 hundred paces of the lions, to manage the thing single- 

 handed. I fired at the nearest of them, but missed. At 

 once he came springing towards us, but at about the 

 twentieth s|)ring he stopped, roared, and then wheeled 

 round slowly. Upon this all the lions made ofi"! walking 

 at first, then at a trot, and finally at an awkward kind of 

 a gallop — going two by two. Later they parted C()m[)any, 

 still in pairs. Ihus began one of the most interesting 

 and exciting adventures of my whole i(Uirney. 



We followed the hindmost ot the two pairs for about 

 half an hour over the plain, always in the direction of 

 the setting sun. We ran iminterrujjtedly, except when 

 the lions stood still and e\ ed us ; then we walked. W^e 

 gasped for Ijreath presently, only two of \uv men kec-ping 

 up with me. Ikit I had become so set on bagging these 

 two lions that 1 achieved what was probablx the quickest 

 and longest run ot m\' life — and 1 have memori(;s ot many 

 wagers won over long runs ! 1 was determined to get a 

 shot at him, ('o^7/c (juc cofifc ! 



Soon their distance from us was narrowed to about 

 403 paces — then it went up to 500 again, and 600. 



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