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My personal opinion Is that no man is justified in 

 following with dogs any large animal that can be 

 captured with reasonable certainty without them. 

 The sport of coursing is another matter; but that is 

 quite the same in essence whatever the size of the 

 quarry. If you want to kill a lion or so quite safely, 

 and at the same time enjoy a glorious and exciting 

 gallop with lots of accompanying row, by all means 

 follow the sport with hounds. But having killed 

 one or two by that method, quit. Do not go on and 

 clean up the country. You can do it. Poison and 

 hounds are the sure methods of finding any lions 

 there may be about; and after the first feWy one is 

 about as justifiable as the other. If you want the 

 undoubtedly great joy of cross country pursuit, send 

 your hounds in after less noble game. 



The third safe method of killing a lion is noc- 

 turnal. You lay out a kill beneath a tree, and climb 

 the tree. Or better, you hitch out a pig or donkey 

 as live bait. When the lion comes to this free lunch, 

 you try to see him; and, if you succeed in that, you 

 try to shoot him. It is not easy to shoot at night; 

 nor is it easy to see in the dark. Furthermore, 

 lions only occasionally bother to come to bait. You 

 may roost up that tree many nights before you get a 

 chance. Once up, you have to stay up; for it is most 

 decidedly not safe to go home after dark. The tropi-t 



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