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where be pointed, but all was quiet. We went 

 round the other side and Jama saw her head, aud 

 said she was dead ; after a bit I made it out, and 

 as the nose was in the air and the ears towards 

 the ground, I knew it was right. My first shot 

 at night caught her through the throat just in 

 front of shoulder; second shot her nose off; 

 third (in the morning when she was forty yards 

 off) grazed the top of head, cutting the skin for 

 about one inch ; fourth, six inches in front of 

 tail, but a deadly shot, as it was going forward 

 and smashed the spine ; fifth, through centre of 

 body; very fat lioness, 7ft. 10 in. She was one 

 of the pair that nearly got the donkey the other 

 nisdit ; the male remained the other side of the 

 nullah, looking on ; tracked him into thick jungle 

 close by, too big to beat, and I feared frightening 

 him as usual, so I left him to come and look for 

 his pal to-night. Of course I shall change the 

 zereba. Khubber from Fanat that the big lion, 

 two lionesses and two small cubs went down to 

 the water there last night, found a woman at the 

 wells, killed and ate her completely, leaving only 

 the feet, and came off in this direction. Expect 

 them to-night, so shall wait here. 



