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leisure. I had followed the tracks tor SOUK; time, and 

 was looking (or a good way down into the gorge, when 

 suddenly I saw the animal a lioness it proved to be- in 

 the distance. In another moment it had disappeared. 



Late: in the afternoon, one day in December 1900, 

 coming back from a fruitless search after elephants, 1 

 observed a <m:at number of vultures on the branches of a 



leafless tree. Presently 1 saw a big-mailed lion thunder- 

 ing along over a glade- about tour hundred paces away. 

 A hasty shot missed its mark, its only effect being to 

 make the lion increase its speed. The wind at the time 

 was unfavourable. ( )n this occasion 1 happened to be 

 accompanied by my taxidermist ( )rgeic.h, and 1 decided, 

 although we wen- both very tired already alter a ten- 

 hours' march, to pursue the lion. \\ e set out alter it at 



