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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



on going on north to the Ba-Mungwato country in the hope 

 of finding them. 



On our way we halted at a small spring at the bottom 

 of a slight depression. It looked as if the water had once 

 been much larger, and might have occupied the best part 

 of the area. There was a trickling overflow, which, after 

 running a few yards, tumbled into a hole and disappeared ; 

 hence its name ' Lupapi.' or the ' Mouse.' This was the very 



A night attack Lupapi 



worst place for lions I ever knew ; not so much from their 

 number as their insolent audacity. I stopped here on three 

 separate occasions, and each time was molested more than 

 sufficiently. On this, the first, we had made, luckily, a very 

 strong kraal. The fires would not burn brightly, as there 

 was a misty rain falling. At 10 P.M. or half-past we had 

 only just turned in when we were attacked in force by two 

 lions and a lioness. Our vedettes, the dogs, were driven in, 

 and the enemy charged down upon the cattle enclosure. The 



