■^ More Lion-Hunting Experiences 



leisure. I had followed the tracks for some time, and 

 was looking for a good way down into the gorge, when 

 suddenly I saw the animal — a lioness it proved to be — in 

 the distance. In another moment it had disappeared. 



Late in the afternoon, one day in December 1900, 

 coming back from a fruitless search after elephants, I 

 observed a great number of vultures on the branches of a 



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leafless tree. Presently I saw a big-maned lion thunder- 

 ing- along over a glade about four hundred paces away. 

 A hasty shot missed its mark, its only effect being to 

 make the lion increase its speed. The wind at the time 

 was unfavourable. On this occasion I happened to be 

 accompanied by my taxidermist Orgeich, and I decided, 

 although we were both very tired already after a ten- 

 hours' march, to pursue the lion. We set out after it at 



