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armed with their tribal weapon spears. After 

 they heard what had taken place they wanted 

 Chapman to return with them and kill the other 

 lions, but he refused to go. 



"The Masai were insistent. They said that 

 they would go whether he accompanied them 

 or not, so finally he gave his rifle to one of his 

 boys and sent him back with the natives while 

 he continued on with the wounded porter. 



"On arriving at the lair the warriors took 

 positions on the outside of the thicket and sent 

 several men inside to drive out the lions. In a 

 few minutes the shouts of the beaters told that 

 a lion had been started, but the animal kept 

 closely under cover so there was no opportu- 

 nity to spear it. The beaters had worked along 

 to the end of the thicket, when suddenly a large, 

 black-maned lion rushed from the thicket within 

 a few yards of two warriors. Both men hurled 

 their spears at the animal. One of them missed 

 his mark, but the spear from the other struck 

 the lion in the flank and it turned and bounded 

 back to cover. 



"The lion could be heard snarling, growling, 

 and thrashing about in the brush in an effort 

 to extract the spear from its side. From the 



