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yards in eight seconds. If you have an Express you can set 

 off both barrels, but if you have to pump a Winchester you 

 will be lucky to get in one shot. I am speaking of shooting 

 in the open now. This lioness was absolutely hidden, and 

 before we knew it we were on top of her. Again that awful 

 snarl, but we couldn't see her. We all jumped back ready 

 for her, but we hadn't been quite close enough to suit her. 

 I think the only reason she didn't have one of us down in a 

 flash was that Jack's bullet had torn a lot of the ligaments 



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along her back, and then, also, she had some pups in her, 

 which was unfortunate, but couldn't be helped. She had 

 started to come, but thought better of it. Why, I don't 

 know, unless it was the combination of her wound and the 

 pups. Then we went out into the open and had a council of 

 war, in which we all decided that our skins were worth more 

 than hers, so we made out where she was in the bushes and 



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