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Second shot far back in flank, coming out in 

 centre of body on the other side. The other 

 lioness was shot straight through the body close 

 behind the shoulders. She was an enormous 

 beast, very long, very big-limbed and greyhound- 

 looking about the stomach (all the others I have 

 seen have had big, unwieldy looking stomachs). 

 She is a very old beast apparently, by the teeth. 

 I looked a bit for the cubs while the men were 

 skinning, but lost their tracks in hard ground. 

 On reaching Fanat, and examining the place 

 where the woman was killed, I found only the 

 tracks of the four I saw to-day. They put down 

 the lioness as a big lion (she has a fine foot for a 

 number nine shoe). I am really content with 

 getting these beasts, and preventing further man- 

 slaughter on their part. When 1 got to Fanat, 

 3.15 p.m., khubber that the big lion I tracked into 

 the hills two days ago, went to a Karia beyond 

 Hador the night before last, took out a woman 

 and eat her. It was a Midgan Karia, and they 

 tracked him and fired a poisoned arrow into him. 

 Nine Midgans went after him to-day. Found he 

 had gone into dense grass, after having been very 

 sick, and they were afraid to follow. Shall go 



