CHAPTER XIX 
THE LAST WORD IN LION HUNTING. METHODS OF 
TRAILING, ENSNARING AND OTHERWISE OUT¬ 
WITTING THE KING OF BEASTS. A CHAP¬ 
TER OF ADVENTURES 
If some one were to start a correspondence course 
in lion hunting he would give diagrams and in¬ 
structions showing how to kill a lion in about six 
different styles— namely: 
The boma method. 
The tall grass method. 
The riding method. 
The tree method. 
The lariat method. 
The spear method. 
This list does not include the Ananias method, 
formerly popular. 
The tree and boma methods are much esteemed 
by those sportsmen who wish to reduce personal 
danger to the least common denominator—the 
sportsmen who think discretion is the better part of 
valor and a hunter in a tree is worth two in the 
bush. The sportsman who confines himself to the 
tree method is entitled to receive a medal “for con¬ 
spicuous caution in times of danger,” and the loved 
ones at home need never worry about his safe re- 
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