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carry off one of my men. It appeared that this man was out- 
side the ring of fires, when the lion came up and grabbed him 
by the head as he was lying on his back with his feet to the 
_ fire. Fortunately for him his head was enveloped in several 
___ pieces of cloth, which he used during the day as a pad, to pro- 
tect his head when carrying a load. This cloth evidently 
slipped and prevented the beast from getting a good grip of the 
man’s head, and probably killing him on the spot. As it was, 
he received a nasty gash just above the eyebrow, beginning at 
the temple and extending to above the bridge of bis nose, with 
another long gash across the top of his head, corresponding 
__ to the large canine teeth, and other smaller scratches between 
_ these two gashes. There were also cuts, though less serious, 
on the other side of his head, which had been done by the 
__ teeth of the lower jaw. Curious to say, the lion carried off the 
___ pieces of cloth, and we never succeeded in finding them when 
___ following the spoor for a considerable way next morning. 
= I also know of two cases of attacks being made on man in 
open daylight, both quite unprovoked. The first was also an 
experience of my own. 
At the time I was in command of a large caravan, and was 
accompanied by Dr. A. D. Mackinnon, who was walking ahead 
with me on the march through dense bush, the men straggling 
along in single file, doing what is called a ‘teregeza.’ As we 
walked along, we noticed the spoor of a lion on the footpath 
for a considerable distance, and saw where he had left the track, 
_ and entered the bush just before coming toa small opening, but 
_ wethought nothing of it. Some quarter of a mile or so further 
__ on we were startled bya terrific yell and continued screaming in 
_ the rear, and thinking that a prowling band of Masai warriors 
| had attacked the caravan, I snatched a Winchester repeating 
_ carbine from my boy in exchange for a shot-gun I was carrying, 
e _ and ran back followed by the doctor witha Snider. As we ran, 
ie ‘we met the cook and my small tent-boy, who had been carrying 
| my ‘500 Express in its waterproof case, as I did not expect to 
meet with any big game in such dense bush, which extended 
