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such an alarming sight as this, many experienced 

 hunters might have thought twice before going 

 right into the midst of them, but Lord Randolph 

 says : 



" Trooping and trotting along ahead of us like a 

 lot of enormous dogs, the great yellow objects offered 

 such a sight as I had never dreamed of. My horse, 

 untrained to the gun, would not allow me to fire 

 from his back. I therefore stuck close to Lee, 

 determined to let him do the shooting, unless things 

 became critical, as his aim was true." 



It appears that only one, a lioness, was bagged. 

 Lord Randolph then goes on to describe that, dur- 

 ing the process of searching for another wounded 

 lion, he thought it wise to climb a tree, thereby 

 procuring a good view of the field of operations. 



Truth in its Christmas number of 1893 pub- 

 lished a cartoon depicting the Evolution of Lord 

 Randolph. 



Lord Randolph gave great praise to the 

 Bechuanaland Border Police. Writing of the 

 Headquarters he says : 



" No traveller can fail to be struck by the exceed- 

 ing cleanliness and order as well as by the excellent 

 construction of the quarters of the officers and men. 

 It would be difficult to speak too highly of this 

 force. No drinking, no idleness, no slovenliness 



