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"get out of" without the help of dogs, so the 

 canines went back that night. I must say that 

 I was glad when they disappeared, for only the 

 night before, while we were at dinner, one of 

 them had sneaked into my tent and devoured 

 three of my specimens. As they were the only 

 ones of their species that I had, we stopped off a 

 day on the return trip and trapped more, and 

 were repaid by discovering that it was a species 

 new to science. 



A common method of hunting lions is to watch 

 at the body of an animal lately killed. At dusk 

 the hunter secretes himself in a brush enclosure, 

 or on a platform built amid the branches of a 

 near-by tree, and shoots the lions when they 

 return. 



Another way of hunting lions is to watch for 

 them with field-glasses from the top of a hill, the 

 best time being early in the morning or late in 

 the afternoon. After one has been "spotted" 

 with the binoculars the sportsman can ride it 

 down on horseback and when within shooting 

 distance dismount and fire. If the lion charges 

 the hunter can stand his ground and take the 

 charge, or if he is a little nervous, and doubtful 

 of his aim he has just cause to remount his horse 



