. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . a position perfectly intolerable to them HUNTING LIONESSES. 191 After consulting together as to whether it were better lo ciimb upa tree or clamber on a rock, they asked my permission to remainnear the goat. This confidence pleased me and obtained themthe privilege of a place by my side. I had not bee-n there aquarter of an hour when the lioness appeared ; she found herselfsuddenly beside the goat, and looked about her with an air ofastonishment. I fired, and she fell without a struggle. TheArabs were already kissing my hands, and I myself believed herdead,
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . a position perfectly intolerable to them HUNTING LIONESSES. 191 After consulting together as to whether it were better lo ciimb upa tree or clamber on a rock, they asked my permission to remainnear the goat. This confidence pleased me and obtained themthe privilege of a place by my side. I had not bee-n there aquarter of an hour when the lioness appeared ; she found herselfsuddenly beside the goat, and looked about her with an air ofastonishment. I fired, and she fell without a struggle. TheArabs were already kissing my hands, and I myself believed herdead, when she got up again as though nothing was the matter,and showed us all her teeth. One of the Arabs who had run^ward her was within six paces of her. On seeing her get upne clung to the lower branches of the tree to which the goat wastied, and disappeared like a squirrel. The honess fell dead at thefoot of the tree, a second bullet piercing her heart. The first hadpassed out of the nape of the neck without breaking the 192 HUNTING ADVENTURES.
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