CHAPTER XIX 



THE LAST WORD IN LION HUNTING. METHODS OF 

 TRAILING, ENSNARING AND OTHERWISE OUT- 

 WITTING THE KING OF BEASTS. A CHAP- 

 TER OF ADVENTURES 



IF some one were to start a correspondence course 

 in lion hunting he would give diagrams and in- 

 structions showing how to kill a lion in about six 

 different styles namely: 



The boma method. 



The tall grass method. 



The riding method. 



The tree method. 



The lariat method. 



The spear method. 



This list does not include the Ananias method, 

 formerly popular. 



The tree and boma methods are much esteemed 

 by those sportsmen who wish to reduce personal 

 danger to the least common denominator the 

 sportsmen who think discretion is the better part of 

 valor and a hunter in a tree is worth two in the 

 bush. The sportsman who confines himself to the 

 tree method is entitled to receive a medal "for con- 

 spicuous caution in times of danger," and the loved 

 ones at home need never worry about his safe re- 



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