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rather trying to our nerves to attempt to read 

 or write there, as we never knew when a lion might 

 spring over the boma, and be on us before we were 

 aware. We therefore kept our rifles within easy 

 reach, and cast many an anxious glance out into the 

 inky darkness beyond the circle of the firelight. 



"THE CAMPS OF THE WORKMEN HAD ALSO BEEN SURROUNDED BY THORN 



FENCES." 



On one or two occasions, we found in the morning 

 that the lions had come quite close to the fence ; 

 but fortunately they never succeeded in getting 

 through. 



By this time, too, the camps of the workmen had 

 also been surrounded by thorn fences ; nevertheless 

 the lions managed to jump over or to break through 



