March 25, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
477 
MAULED BY A LION. 
The ostrich camp near Sir Alfred Pease’s 
homestead at Athi River had been worried by 
lions, and a hunting party was organized con¬ 
sisting of Sir Alfred Pease, G. Grey, Howard 
and Edward Pease, Captairn Slatter, Mr. Clifford 
and H. M. Hill, t hey divided into two parties, 
one consisting of Sir Alfred and Mr. Hill. 
After about half an hour's ride Mr. Hill espied 
two large lions and the party of two gailoped 
after the quarry. Sir Alfred followed the bigger 
and slower animal, and Mr. Hill the leader. 
1 he object of the hunters was to turn the game 
into a donga (creek) and thus to give time for 
tne other party to come up, hoping that Mr. 
Grey would be given the opportunity to open the 
shoot. He was a sportsman with a fine reputa¬ 
tion for high courage and was no novice with 
big game. 
Unfortunately Mr. Grey on seeing the game at 
once put his horse to the gallop and practically 
started to course the lions. His companions 
were immediately alarmed at his temerity and 
endeavored to warn him of the danger he was 
courting. They were doubly alarmed at seeing 
one of the lions preparing to charge. 
Mr. Hill dismounted and fired a quick shot 
at the bigger lion in the hope of distracting his 
attention from Mr. Grey. The bullet unluckily 
fell short and the lion charged Mr. Grey, who 
jumped off his pony and awaited the onslaught. 
At about twenty yards he fired. The shot went 
into the shoulder, but did not stop the charge. 
He got in another shot at about five yards, hit¬ 
ting the lion in the mouth, breaking two of his 
fangs. Then the lion flung his victim to the 
ground and began to worry him like a dog 
would a mouse. 
Meanwhile H. Pease had followed Mr. Grey 
and with Sir Alfred and Mr. Hid galloped to 
the lion and his victim. When they were some 
fifty yards away, the lion noticed his fresh 
antagonists and ceased to maul Mr. Grey. 
At twenty-five yards the party dismounted and 
ran in. The lion immediately made toward them. 
At this moment of peril Mr. Hill’s rifle jammed. 
Sir Alfred and H. Pease fired and the balls en¬ 
tered the lion’s ribs. The wounded animal then 
returned to his victim. 
The horrified relief party scarcely remember 
what happened during the next brief moments 
further than that the lion was on top of Mr. 
Grey, and animal and man were so mixed up 
that it was most difficult to distinguish the for¬ 
mer’s head from the latter’s body. It was found 
impossible to get in a deadly head shot until the 
lion was almost lifeless. During the fray the 
other lion was only about one hundred yards 
away, growling and lashing his tail. The hunters, 
having only two .256 rifles, paid no attention to 
the second animal. 
Mr. Grey’s wounds were very numerous. The 
lion severely clawed his face and head, bit his 
arms, hands and thighs and inflicted wounds on 
his back. Mr. Grey died in the hospital at 
Nairobi.—East African Standard. 
TWO YARNS. 
He had heard of an angler who owned a 
pointer that would point to the spot where a 
fish_ happened to be. The Squire doubted the 
dog’s gift, and a date was arranged for testing 
it. On the occasion the animal would not point 
to the water, but persistently gazed steadfastly 
at the keeper who walked behind. The keeper 
was asked for an explanation, and he remarked, 
“Begorrah, I had a kipper for breakfast this 
morning.” 
Another quality was that of acting promptly, 
and with decision, and, in illustration, Mr. 
Wardle told of the old man who, dying, willed 
that his four sons should indulge in an angling 
competition, the winner to take possession of 
the property. One son caught a pike weighing 
6 pounds, another caught a pike of exactly the 
same weight, and the third caught an eel which 
turned the scale at 6 pounds also. The fourth 
caught the train for Liverpool, and as that was 
the biggest fish, he took the cash-box with him. 
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