. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Ihoti 11,11 h lj\<. 1 S;/ ilh J sq A ^^AiLl{BLCIi. When I flrst saw Uie third lion he was standing turned away from me and looking at the other two. •229 230 Animal Life had I attempted to get nearer to him he would certainly have seen me at once andtlien trotted away after his companions. So steadying myself and taking very finewith the 200-yards sight, I fired. My hullet must have passed close beneath thebrutes chest—I think behind his fore legs—as I saw it knock up the dust justbeyond him. He at once sprang to the spot
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Ihoti 11,11 h lj\<. 1 S;/ ilh J sq A ^^AiLl{BLCIi. When I flrst saw Uie third lion he was standing turned away from me and looking at the other two. •229 230 Animal Life had I attempted to get nearer to him he would certainly have seen me at once andtlien trotted away after his companions. So steadying myself and taking very finewith the 200-yards sight, I fired. My hullet must have passed close beneath thebrutes chest—I think behind his fore legs—as I saw it knock up the dust justbeyond him. He at once sprang to the spot where the bullet struck the groundand again stood still, facing now exactly away from me and without apparentlyhaving taken any notice of the report of my rifle—a •450-bore single-barrelled Gibbs-Metford. Extracting the empty cartridge and pushing a fresh one into the breech,as silently and quickly as possiljle, I fired again, this time taking a fuller sight andaiming for the centre of the lions somewhat narrow hindquarters. The dull thudwhich answered the report of the rifle assured me that I had hit him,
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