METHODS OF LION HUNTING 
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The “spear” method is that employed by natives, 
who, armed with spear and shield, surround a lion 
and then kill it with their spears. They invariably 
succeed, but not until a few of the spear-bear¬ 
ers are more or less Fletcherized by the lion. This 
method does not appeal to those who wish to get 
The Tree Method 
home to tell about it, and need not be considered at 
length in any correspondence course. 
The tree method is comparatively simple. You 
build a platform in a tree and place a bait near it. 
Then you wait through the long, silent watches of 
the night for Felis Leo to appear. The method 
has few dangers. The chief one lies in falling 
asleep and tumbling out of the tree, but this is 
easily obviated by making the platform large 
enough for two or three men, two of whom may 
