ADVENTURES IN NIGHT SHOOTING 
tarily, because, although we were absolutely safe inside a mass of mimosa 
thorns, the whole thing felt unpleasantly close. When I looked out again 
T could easily have touched one of the lions, which was standing with its 
forepaws on the donkey and its hindquarters within a few inches of our 
fence. The other lion was standing on the far side looking me straight 
in the face; but I am sure he could not see me, as the moon was right in 
his eyes, making them shine as if they were alight.” 
: Brownell, Phot. 
HIs MAJESTY, THE LION. 
Both these prowlers were killed. Commenting on this and 
similar experiences, Lord Delamere says: — 
“ Night-shooting to my mind is a thing to be avoided, except now and 
then as an experience. It generally means a very disturbed night, espe- 
cially if there are many hyenas about, and in the morning you are not 
fit for a hard day’s work. Occasionally by bright moonlight it is very 
interesting, but if circumstances admit of lions being killed by day, it is 
rather like shooting a boar in a fine pig-sticking country to kill a lion 
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