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from; and outside this I placed three full-grown 
goats as bait, tying them to a half-length of rail, 
weighing about 250 lbs. The night passed un- 
eventfully until just before daybreak, when at last 
the lion turned up, pounced on one of the goats 
and made off with it, at the same time dragging 
away the others, rail and all. I fired several shots 
in his direction, but it was pitch dark and quite 
impossible to see anything, so I only succeeded in 
hitting one of the goats. I often longed for a flash- 
light on such occasions. 
Next morning I started off in pursuit and was 
joined by some others from the camp. I found 
that the trail of the goats and rail was easily 
followed, and we soon came up, about a quarter 
of a mile away, to where the lion was still busy 
at his meal. He was concealed in some thick 
bush and growled angrily on hearing our approach ; 
finally, as we got closer, he suddenly made a 
charge, rushing through the bushes at a great 
pace. In an instant, every man of the party 
scrambled hastily up the nearest tree, with the 
exception of one of my assistants, Mr. Winkler, 
who stood steadily by me _ throughout. The 
brute, however, did not press his charge home: 
and on throwing stones into the bushes where 
we had last seen him, we guessed by the silence 
that he had slunk off. We therefore advanced 
