42 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF 



The account of an adventure with a lion in one 

 of the Transvaal game reserves, written by a game 

 warden, may be of interest. The main incidents 

 arc vouched for by Sir Alfred Pease, the resident 

 magistrate. 



No. 6. 



IN THE LIONS JAWS. By II. Walbeeter, Ranger 

 Transvaal Government Game Reserves. 



I have been asked to write an account of an adven- 

 ture which befell me recently, and which I am 

 told was rather unique in its way ; of course, when 

 a man finds himself in the position which I am 

 about to describe, much smaller detail is blurred, 

 and one has afterwards but a confused recollection 

 of such, but I have a vivid recollection of the main 

 features of what happened, and will therefore set 

 them down. 



I am at present one of the Rangers of the Trans- 

 vaal Government Game Reserves, and have lived in 

 the low veld of the Eastern Transvaal, hunting, 

 trading and farming for a good many years, and so 

 have a good deal of experience of wild animals and 

 their ways. 



Towards the end of July I was sent by the 

 warden on duty to the Oliphant's river with the 

 double object of inquiring into the doings of certain 

 hunting parties, who were reported to be acting in 

 contravention of the game laws, and to endeavour 

 to secure a lion, some natives having complained 

 that some of these animals were hanging about 

 their kraals nearer than was pleasant. However, 



