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passing lion get a little ahead of one. A better and 

 safer shot at the heart and lungs can thus be obtained, 

 and there is less probability of attracting the beast's 

 charge. The lion, being a soft-skinned animal, is 

 usually far more easily killed than thick - skinned 

 game, such as elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, or even 

 the larger antelopes creatures very tenacious of life. 

 The .303 or .256 Mannlicher, using expanding 

 bullets, will quite readily account for these animals. 

 Armed with one of the new powerful double rifles 

 of .400 or .450 bore, burning smokeless powder, 

 and delivering an impact every whit as crushing as 

 the old .8 -bore with black powder, the hunter, if 

 he can shoot straight, should be perfectly secure. 

 Hollow-pointed, or soft-nosed, expanding, and not 

 solid bullets should always be used with lions, the 

 object of the hunter being to deliver instantly as 

 deadly and disabling a wound as possible. For 

 spooring operations the aid of a native hunter is 

 necessary. In following lions into bush and cover 

 whether wounded or unwounded the greatest 

 care is required, and the operation is always a most 

 risky one. The Boer name for the lion is Leeuw. 

 Native names are as follows : Zulu and Swazi, 

 Ingonyama, Imbubi, and Ibubesi ; Bechuana, Tau ; 

 Matabele, Isilouan ; Masarwa Bushmen, ' Gham (with 

 a click) ; Swahili, Simba ; Somali, Libbah ; Galla, 

 Lendja. 



