SPORT IN MOZAMBIQUE 



or less violent nervous reaction, according to the 

 hunter's temperament, when once the danger is over. 



I have several times experienced this phenomenon 

 myself, and particularly to-day. 



I have also observed it among sportsmen of very 

 stolid temperament and perfect masters of themselves. 



On July 19th I fired at a lion from some distance 

 and wounded it ; as it retreated into the bush, I left 

 it, and never heard any more of it. 



On the 20th, near the place where I had killed five 

 lions, I found three others by my bait, two males and 

 a female. I approached to within about forty yards 

 of them. The first lion fell dead from a shot in the 

 neck, the lioness was brought down by a bullet which 

 broke its shoulder-blades, and the third, being rash 

 enough to wait and see what happened to its com- 

 panions, received a ball which broke its back. The 

 two lions measured 10 feet and 9 feet 11 inches, and 

 the lioness 8 feet 3 inches. On the 22nd I shot a very 

 old lioness which was scarred all over with wounds. 



Until the 27th, although many lions were heard, 

 and my men saw several bands of them going to drink, 

 I had no chance of getting near any of them. On the 

 previous evening I had received a visit from my host, 

 Mr. Puech, and the Portuguese Commandant of 

 Bamboo Creek. They had heard a report that I 

 had killed a great many lions, and had come to verify 

 the native's story for themselves. 



The same day I killed a waterbuck to serve as bait. 



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