SPORT IN WAR 

 patrol, indeed, came upon a group 

 of nine lying dozing in the bush ; 

 and when the nine arose and yawned 

 and stretched their massive jaws and 

 limbs, the patrol, remembering the 

 old maxim concerning the rela- 

 tions between discretion and valour, 

 changed the course of their advance 

 and took another line. 



One time, when I was patrolling 

 the bank of the Shangani River with 

 three men, the massive form of a 

 lion was seen slowly moving over 

 the boulders of the river-bed. The 

 corporal and I jumped off our horses 

 in a moment, and fired a volley //. 

 deux, at about 180 yards. One shot 

 thudded into him, the other striking 

 the ground just under his belly. He 

 sprang with a light bound over a rock 

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