264 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
the body of the zebra, my African following made a 
rush for it, and began a fierce fight over the remains, 
so that I had to restore order and leave a coolie 
to see that our guide got the largest share, as he 
deserved. In the meantime the lion, hearing the 
noise of the squabble, halted on the crest of the 
hill to take a deliberate look at me, and then dis- 
appeared over the brow. I jumped on to my mule 
and galloped as hard as I could after him, and 
luckily found the pair still in sight when I reached 
the top of the rise. As soon as they saw me 
following them up, the lioness took covert in some 
long grass that almost concealed her when she lay 
down, but the lion continued to move steadily away. 
Accordingly I made for a point which would bring 
me about two hundred yards to the right of the 
lioness, and which would leave a deep natural hollow 
between us, so as to give me a better chance, in the 
event of a charge, of bowling her over as she came 
up the rise towards me. I could plainly make out 
her light-coloured form in the grass, and took careful 
aim and fired. In an instant she was kicking on her 
back and tossing about, evidently hard hit; in a few 
seconds more she lay perfectly still, and I saw that 
she was dead. 
I now turned my attention to the lion, who mean- 
while had disappeared over another rise. By this 
time Mahina and the other Indian, with three or 
