Notes on South African Hunting. 35 
Hunting Adventures. 
and said he was sure the night air always gave 
him a cold, and that he for one would not go out 
alone again at night. 
It is always very dangerous to fire at 
any animal at night. I know a man 
who was sleeping on the ground under the fore 
part of his wagon one night, and happening to 
wake saw a pair of eyes glaring at him. He 
turned round, fired between them, and hit—he 
didn’t know what. In the morning there was a 
fine lion lying dead close by, shot through the 
head. This case is the exception. The rule 
is, In the morning there was a man short in 
camp.” Mr. Collison, the hunter, had about 
as near a thing with a lion as any man I ever 
heard of. He fired at a lioness, but did not kill 
her, and she attacked him. His attendants 
reached trees in safety, but Mr. Collison was a 
thought too. late. Just as he got on to the 
lower bough the lioness caught him by the shoe. 
For a moment or two it was a tug of war, and 
then, fortunately, the shoe lace gave way ; so 
he got off. Mr. Collison is a pretty cool hand, 
but he says that he will not forget that little 
hunt. 
