340 IN AFRICA 



Stephenson took his place on the other bank, 

 twenty-five or thirty yards from the edge of the 

 reeds. Then the beaters were told to advance, and 

 they moved forward, throwing rocks and sticks into 

 the reeds ahead of them. The lion appeared on 

 Stephenson's side. Like a flash it sprang out. He 

 fired and the lion stopped momentarily under the 

 impact of a heavy ball. Then it sprang a few yards 

 onward, when a second shot laid it out. The last 

 shot was fired at less than twenty yards. 



The moving-picture machine recorded the thrill- 

 ing scene and there was an hour of great rejoicing 

 and jubilation. The animal was an old lioness and 

 the first shot had torn her lower jaw away and had 

 gone into the shoulder. It is amazing that she was 

 not instantly killed but that's a way lions have. 

 They never know when to quit. 



