. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. me, did not understand why these latterhad first come to a lialt and then turned round and walked back again in thedirection from which they had just come. When I first saw the third lion he wasstanding turned away from me and looking at the other two. Quickly swerving tothe left but without stopping I almost immediately had a large ant-heap between us,and then ran to it at my utmost speed. This ant-heap was quite 20 feet in diameterat the base and perhaps 15 feet in height. I quickly climbed half-way up it andthen looked ro
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. me, did not understand why these latterhad first come to a lialt and then turned round and walked back again in thedirection from which they had just come. When I first saw the third lion he wasstanding turned away from me and looking at the other two. Quickly swerving tothe left but without stopping I almost immediately had a large ant-heap between us,and then ran to it at my utmost speed. This ant-heap was quite 20 feet in diameterat the base and perhaps 15 feet in height. I quickly climbed half-way up it andthen looked round the side, and saw that the single lion was still standing watchingthe other two, which were at that moment just entering the patch of long grass ofwhich I have already spoken. I now edged myself in a sitting position to the side,of the ant-heap nearest the lion and prepared for a shot. He was facing half awayfrom me and something more than 200 yards off; but there was not so much asa blade of grass, in the shape of cover on the level burnt plain between us, and. Ihoti 11,11 h lj\<. 1 S;/ ilh J sq A ^^AiLl{BLCIi
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