VULTURES AND THEIR PREY. 1 7 / 



hunting veldt. They must have gone through a 

 long course of preparation before they could com- 

 fortably do this, for a few minutes' exposure of my 

 legs to the sun, invariably covers them with most 

 unsightly and painful blisters. 



The day after the death of the keitloa the 

 lioness's carcass was found. The people had ob- 

 served that all the carrion-feeding birds were hurry- 

 ing in one direction, so they followed the course the 

 vultures pursued — after the manner adopted by bee- 

 hunters in search of honey — and so found the body. 

 Unfortunately, the poor creature had died in a 

 swampy reed bed soon after she was shot ; thus the 

 hair came out of the hide in handfuls, rendering it 

 useless for all ordinary purposes. 



