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big rifle, the lion whirled around and then started 
running down the hill to the right. 
Then the lioness appeared and I wounded her 
with my first shot. She ran out in the open toward 
us, but evidently without knowing from where the 
firing came. A second shot was better placed and 
I saw her collapse in her tracks. Leaving the 
lioness, I went down to where Stephenson had fol¬ 
lowed the lion. Several shots had been fired, but the 
lion was still running, although badly wounded. 
“A Very Interesting Experience 9 " Said I Coolly , 
a Couple of Days Later 
Just as it reached a small tree down on the slope a 
shot was put into a vital spot, and the lion went 
wildly over on his side. Even then he managed to 
drag himself under the small bushes surrounding 
the tree, where a moment later Mr. Stephenson 
killed him with a shot from his .318 Mauser. 
We measured and photographed the lion, and 
then I took my camera to get a picture of the dead 
lioness up on the ridge. She was sitting up snarling, 
and I was the most surprised person in the world. 
I shot at her and she ran fifty yards to a small tree, 
