ANOTHER CHANGE LIONS 



Assured that both were dead, we mounted and began 

 scouring the surrounding grass for the lioness; the two 

 killed were both lions. I thought I had found her once. 

 My horse reared, bolted, cavorted, and I thought he 

 would throw a fit, and throw me, too. I could not force 



NINE FEET SIX AND NINE FEET NINE INCHES, RESPECTIVELY 



him back there; I could head him toward the place, but 

 he went backward; so we dismounted, and Kirkwood and 

 I walked it up. Doubtless she had crouched there re- 

 cently and the scent must have been very strong. We 

 coursed about and then formed our ten porters and four 

 gun-bearers into a line in order to cover the whole, 

 ground^ Kirkwood and I placed ourselves so as to divide 

 the line into three equal parts. We had advanced only a 

 little when I observed that the line had resolved itself 



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