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beaters could hope to dislodge them from the dense 

 security of the swamp. 



Talk about dejection! Our ride back to town 

 was as mournful as a ride could be. We thought of 

 the glory of driving through the streets of Nairobi 

 with a lion or two hanging over the back of the car- 



It Would Have Been Historic 



riage. It would have been historic. Citizens would 

 have talked of it for years. It would have taken an 

 honored place in the lion-hunting literature of 

 Africa, for no lion hunters have ever pursued a 

 band of lions in a carriage and brought back a car- 

 riage-load of them. 



We almost regretted having had the chance that 

 we so heartbreakingly lost. 



