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Mr. ClifFord Hill undertook to stand by him during the first 

 drive. 



4. Mr. Edward Pease carried a .450 Lancaster cordite rifle 

 and his gunbearer a double barrelled Purdey .500 express rifle 

 and I took charge of him during the first drive. He rode a bay 

 Sudan arab. 



5. Myself. I carried a .256 Mannlicher and my guntearer a 

 double barrelled 10 bore. I rode a good pony purchased at Nai- 

 robi. The Katalembo party consisted of 



6. Mr. Cliff'ord Hill who carried a .404 Jefi'rey cordite rifle. 



7. Mr. Harold Hill who carried a .450 (?) cordite rifle, and 

 shotgun with bearer. He took charge of the beaters and the man- 

 agement of the first drive. They had a mule with them. 



On reaching Theki hill Grey and Slatter and gunbearers took 

 one post: Howard Pease and Clifford Hill, and gunbearers another; 

 I took my son out onto the open plain so that I might round up 

 any lion that broke cover and left the hill. 



H. Hill drove the hill round and just when the drive was over 

 a lioness was started in some bush between the rocky sides of the 

 Kopje and the plain. Grey got a long shot (180 yards) at her 

 standing and had rather alarmed Slatter by abandoning a safe 

 post and running down after the lioness into the bush. Grey 

 missed his shot and for awhile the lioness was lost in the bush 

 but from the plain below I saw her lobbing along across open 

 patches in the scrub and then he down in a small bush surrounded 

 by long grass. I left my gunbearer with my son Edward Pease 

 telling my son to keep his eye glued to the bush and mark her if 

 she went away and if she came to him to leave her alone unless 

 she attacked. Then I galloped up through the scrub to where I 

 could see Grey and Slatter standing, and told them we had her 

 marked down. I intended them to wait there or a little nearer 

 the bush she was in till the whole party came up but to Slatter's 

 and my astonishment in spite of my calling on Grey to wait he 

 started to run as fast as he could towards the bush I had pointed 

 out. He was about 30 yards from it when I managed to get up 

 to him on my pony. I begged him to come back and wait, but 

 he hurried right up to it, and I, in great fear that we should both 

 be downed by her, ran up to him hoping she would not charge 



