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and Myberg ascended another close by, from wliich, 

 fortunately, they were able to discern the where- 

 abouts of the lion. They fired three shots, and the 

 cessation of the growlino-, which till then had been 

 continuous and distinct, showed that the bullets 

 had done their work. We then descended and 

 walked into the grass, and found the lion, or rather, 

 the lioness, dead. She had an awful wound in her 

 left shoulder, which was completely shattered by 

 the Martini-Henry bullet used by Lee, and we 

 noA7 saw that she never could have charged us. A 

 bullet through the neck from the tree had finished 

 her off. The behaviour of my pointer dog had 

 been very extraordinary. He had ranged about 

 with much freedom and courage, but whenever he 

 approached the spot where the lioness lay, his tail 

 dropped between his legs and he slunk away. 

 The other two dogs were perfectly useless. AVliat 

 are wanted for a lion are good curs which get near 

 the spot and bark and annoy the lion and make 

 him show himself. We had now to look for the 

 other wounded lioness, and this we proceeded to do 

 with great caution. Unfortunately, we failed to 

 find her anywhere. She must have recovered and 

 made off during the two or three hours of our 

 absence. Then there was nothing to be done but 

 to skin the dead lioness. She 'was an old lady of 

 great size, with her front tectli much worn away. 

 Her skin was in perfect order. Having got the 

 skin on to the back of one of our horses, we went 

 to look for some of our wounded antelope. After 

 much searching we came across a wounded one 



