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soon had the lion up, and after a very short run she treed. 

 We approached cautiously, and stopped behind some trees, 

 out of sight. The camera was quickly made ready, and I 

 moved up behind a small tree until very close. Carefully I 

 looked around this tree until I discovered the great cat sitting 

 up, apparently indifferent, in a tall cedar just in front. She 

 had not discovered us yet, and as she was in good position, I 

 stepped out and, turning the camera up, snapped it on her. 

 She saw me the instant I moved, and so was looking right 

 down at me. (No. n.) In a moment she jumped, but ran 

 only a hundred yards or so and treed again. This time I 

 thought I would try a running picture; so, going up carefully 

 behind another convenient tree, I kept out of sight while Wells 

 and Patterson made a detour and came up opposite and threw 

 a club at her, when she jumped out on my side and ran by 

 within ten feet. She was too close, for the plate, when devel- 

 oped, showed only a blurred streak. She treed again, very 

 close, and I tried again for a running picture, but she did not 

 come just right. She treed a fourth time, close again, and 

 Wells reconnoitered and reported it a good place for a jumping 

 picture, for which we were watching. I went round to the 

 side next the sun, which, fortunately, was open, and a little 

 cedar gave me the chance to approach just right without being 

 seen. The others approached on the opposite side as close as 

 was prudent, until my signal that I was ready, when they came 

 up noisily, one of them throwing a club into the tree, which 

 started her. The ground sloped downward toward me from 



