FURTHER ADVENTURES WITH LIONS 



forced their way so deep into the thickets of reeds and 

 grass and thorny bushes that I had to climb neighboring 

 trees so as to get a shot at them. 



Once I caught in traps a whole family consisting of 

 three lionesses and six almost full-grown whelps. The 



YOUNG LION CAPTURED BY MR. ORGEICH 



first night three were caught, the second night four, and 

 the third night two. 



All the older lions had managed to drag themselves 

 and the heavy traps some distance into the reed thickets 

 f tlie swam]). One of my men almost stepped on a big 

 lioness; she had given him no sign of warning. He took 



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