CHAPTER IX 



A FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH LIONS 



TO fully appreciate the danger of lion- 

 hunting, a person should visit the little 

 cemetery at Nairobi, British East Africa, 

 with some one who can show him the graves of 

 those unfortunate hunters who have been killed 

 by these mammoth cats. Gruesome though 

 such an experience may be, it serves as an ob- 

 ject-lesson to the green hunter who has just 

 arrived in the country, and proves to him the 

 need of being cautious, cool, and accurate in his 

 aim. 



I feel safe in saying that inexperienced sports- 

 men do not at first realise the great danger of 

 lion-hunting. They take it for granted that 

 one or two well-placed bullets from a modern 

 high-power rifle are sufficient to stop the charge 

 of any so-called dangerous animal. Such is often 

 the case; but again several balls in vital spots 

 will fail to kill a lion before it has succeeded in 

 killing the hunter. 



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