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IN AFRICA 



big rifle, the lion whirled around and then started 

 running down the hill to the right. 



Then the lioness appeared and I wounded her 

 with my first shot. She ran out in the open toward 

 us, but evidently without knowing from where the 

 firing came. A second shot was better placed and 

 I saw her collapse in her tracks. Leaving the 

 lioness, I went down to where Stephenson had fol- 

 lowed the lion. Several shots had been fired, but the 

 lion was still running, although badly wounded. 



"A Very Interesting Experience," Said I Coolly, 

 a Couple qf Days Later 



Just as it reached a small tree down on the slope a 

 shot was put into a vital spot, and the lion went 

 wildly over on his side. Even then he managed to 

 drag himself under the small bushes surrounding 

 the tree, where a moment later Mr. Stephenson 

 killed him with a shot from his .318 Mauser. 



We measured and photographed the lion, and 

 then I took my camera to get a picture of the dead 

 lioness up on the ridge. She was sitting up snarling, 

 and I was the most surprised person in the world. 

 I shot at her and she ran fifty yards to a small tree, 



