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unless your rifle is empty, you had better stand 

 your ground and fight to the last. 



But Mr. Lion is not a half bad fellow, after 

 all. Unless he happens to be a man-eater, and 

 then only at night when he is sure that you do 

 not see him and he knows that he has the ad- 

 vantage, he will not molest you if you treat 

 him with respect. 



Should you be transporting stock through his 

 country, he may try to raid your camp some 

 night, and, if he is not successful the first time 

 you may find him somewhat persistent. Some- 

 times he will depart after once being fired at. 

 At other times he may annoy you for half the 

 night, and this is particularly true if he has a 

 few companions to assist him in the raid. 



A very small percentage of the people that are 

 mauled by lions in what the English term "acci- 

 dents" that is, sportsmen on whom the tables 

 have been turned are killed outright or even die 

 from the seriousness of their wounds. Most of 

 them succumb to blood-poisoning. Lion bites 

 when in the fleshy part of the body are usually 

 deep, and the tissues of the flesh are torn apart 

 to such an extent that treatment is difficult. 

 Unless a doctor is at hand, the worst form of 



