THE LIONS OF TANGANYIKA 103 



Now, Mr. Lion had been watching all of this from 

 the bushes, and finding that no harm had come to the 

 others, he walked in all his majesty toward them, but 

 for some reason all his own, passed them and the 

 kill and went down the trail up which we had come 

 until he was out of sight. Presently he appeared again 

 coming slowly back the same way and continuing right 

 up to the Idll. As he came near, the big honess sidled 

 up to him, rubbed against him coyly, hcked his face 

 and then they both lay down side by side. 



In the foreground we have tliis scene; a Hon and his 

 mate watching other members of the family eating. 

 Now over the sky Une appears another big male Hon 

 slowly but surely coming down the scented trail. He 

 never slackens his pace until within twenty feet of 

 the domestic scene described. The husband now gets 

 to his feet, faces the rival and growls, whereupon 

 Mr. Newcomer hes down and yawns, not once but 

 several times, showing his huge jaws and teeth. 

 About the second time he did this the only Negro we 

 had in the truck looked at me and tried to smile, 

 but failed. 



The wife now got up and ran over to the intruder, 

 whom she slapped twice in the face, to which he replied 

 playfully by turning on his back Uke a big kitten with 

 paws in the air. 



All was quiet for a while until the first male thought 

 he would have a bite or two, whereupon he looked at 

 the other, growled and sprang upon the carcass, tearing 

 fiercely at the meat. Tliis was too much for the late 

 arrival and he went right over. On his way the same 

 Honess had another punch at him, to which he paid no 

 attention, but which surely peeved him, for he made 



