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the cold stream and was off up the steep 
mountain after it. Both lion and dog, 
lunging through the deep fresh snow, made 
rather poor speed, though each was strain¬ 
ing every nerve. The hound was barking 
at every jump, and was plainly determined 
not to 'be outrun. 
When I reached the stream I realized at 
once what they had done, and was com¬ 
pelled .to detour more than a mile down 
stream to where a large tree that I had 
noticed uprooted on the bank, furnished a 
foot-log. Crossing hurriedly, I started af¬ 
ter the dog, angling up the mountain to 
where I could hear him treeing. As I 
approached to a couple of hundred yards 
the lion jumped, and dog and lion were off 
again around the mountain, going into the 
snow to the tops of their backs at every 
bound, crossing canyons and rough steep 
gulleys which I did not attempt. The 
lion, evidently growing tired, took to a 
tree again, but as I came up he jumped 
and was off as before, and soon out of 
hearing. 
I T WAS almost noon now, and I was get¬ 
ting tired, so I stopped to rest and to 
drink from a stream I had crossed. 1 
had begun to wonder whether the chase 
would end soon, or whether I might lose 
out altogether should the lion head up into 
the cliffs—when suddenly around a rocky 
point I came upon the dog, with the lion 
well up in a tall hemlock. Apparently it 
had decided it was of no further use to 
try and get away. 
I rested a moment. The dog was very 
restless, straining continuously with his fore 
feet against the tree trunk and barking up 
at the lion. The latter was watching me 
closely, looking me continuously and di- 
rictly in the eye.—Once treed, they pay no 
attention to the dog after the hunter has 
arrived. 
A little rested, I took careful aim and 
shot it squarely between the eyes, bursting 
the skull. The lion kicked slightly, and 
the snow at the base of the tree was soon 
red with blood. But the lion did not let 
go, and did not kick out as they usually 
do after the moment of tension that fol¬ 
lows such a shot. It lay instead balanced 
across the limbs, its front legs over one 
limb and its hind legs across another, se¬ 
curely lodged there. 
I though first of trying to shoot the 
limbs off, but that would compel me to 
shoot into the hide of the lion, and per¬ 
haps riddle it. Besides, the limbs it 
straddled were big ones, and I had a limited 
amount of ammunition. So I decided that 
the surest and safest way was to cut the 
tree down with my little trapping ax. 
The tree was far from small and my ax 
was short handled. But I began chopping 
at a quarter to twelve and before two 
o'clock had the tree falling. As it crashed 
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POINTS OF THE “OVER-AND-UNDER” 
THE NARROW RIB OF THE SUPERPOSED-BARREL GUN AVOIDS BLUR AND 
OBSTRUCTIONS. IT STANDS OUT ALONE, CLEAR CUT AS A STRAIGHT-EDGE 
I T is highly probable that in succeeding 
months gunmakers will be confronted 
with many problems in the art of gun- 
construction that will tax their ingenuity 
and inventiveness to the utmost limit. 
Guns for men who have lost eye or limb 
will doubtless soon have to be built, and it 
is probable there may be a greater call for 
light guns, giving as little recoil as pos¬ 
sible, than has ever occurred in the whole 
history of gunmaking. It may even be that 
such demand will lead to the deposition of 
the 12-bore from its long-maintained po¬ 
sition as the most popular size of gun for 
game-shooting purposes. Sportsmen who 
have been through the war and whose bod¬ 
ily powers and shooting capabilities are not 
what they were four or five seasons back 
will naturally turn to lighter guns. There¬ 
fore it would seem likely that the natural 
tendency will be to take up with i6-bores 
and 20-bores, as these sizes will confer a 
weight reduction ranging up to pounds. 
Were I in similar case ... I cer¬ 
tainly would acquire a i6-bore gun built on 
the “over-and-under” principle. 
. . . Guns with barrels longitu¬ 
dinals superposed were con¬ 
structed upwards of ioo years 
ago, but they did not become pop¬ 
ular. As it could not be urged 
that the joining of the barrels 
presented any great difficulty in 
this vertical pattern, it is prob¬ 
able that obstacles arising in the 
way of providing suitable firing 
mechanism caused these guns to 
be relegated to a back seat at a 
time when Joe Manton and his 
contemporaries ventured upon 
their construction. Similar diffi¬ 
culties as to firing mechanism, 
plus those connected with the 
provision of a suitable breech 
closure and cartridge ejection, 
By HENRY SHARP * 
still faced the maker of breech-load¬ 
ing arms. These undoubtedly were big 
obstacles, and as the gunmaker was not so 
completely assured that the shooting pub¬ 
lic would approve and reward his labors, 
there is little wonder that the gun with 
In the London Shooting Times. 
The Moderately Choked 16-Gauge is a Light Easily 
Handled Game Gun, That Promises to Supplant the 
12-Gauge. The Upper Pattern Was Made at 35 
Yards; the Lower Right at 25 Yards; Lower Left, 
20 Yards; All With One Ounce of Number Seven 
Shot in a 16-Bore. 
side-by-side barrels enjoyed so long a pe¬ 
riod of complete appreciation. 
. . . My own experience with certain 
of these over-and-under guns tends to the 
assurance that the best of them are to be 
looked upon as practical sporting firearms 
with an assured outlook as regards popular 
appreciation. ... I would not hesitate 
to order one of these guns, and it would 
be a 16-bcre of 6(q pounds weight, or pos¬ 
sibly an ounce or two less. Of course, 16- 
bore guns on these lines may be construct¬ 
ed to weigh a little less than 6 pounds; 
but I think shooters more or less incapaci¬ 
tated would find the extra recoil incurred 
therewith a drawback not at all compen¬ 
sated for by even a % pound weight re¬ 
duction. This remark, of course, applies 
to the use of standard charges; the heavier 
gun mentioned may be used with 1 ounce 
charges, lighter guns with 7/ 8 ounce. 
• I'rom one over-and-under i 
built by the makers just named, 
have fired several thousand of sho 
and from its use I have noted ct 
tain good points worthy of me 
tion. No stretch of imagination n 
sophistical reasoning could ser 
’ to designate the broad side-b 
side barrelled gun as a perfe 
tool with which to insure accura 
aim. In this respect alone t 
over-and-under gun ‘confers 
great advantage, for with it the 
is not a barrel on each side 
the rib—the one line of aim— 
blur and obstruct the vision, 
the latter form of gun the na 
row rib on the upper ban 
stands out alone, clean cut as 
straight-edge.” Lengthy pra 
tice with these small bores i 
dines me to the belief that t 
good shot will make as good u 
of 7 /z ounce or 34 ounce of sh 
