From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . ther side and almost into their midst; they had tried the old, old liontactics of doubling. At sight of me they stood, and I put in a right andleft; off they galloped, T in hot pursuit, following, as I thought, the firstwho had got a fair shoulder shot, and not wishing to lose sight of her,because of the thickness of some of the bush. I could just see herbounding round an ant-hill, and was making a desperate spurt to seeif she would double, when I rushed round the corner of a bush right onto the top of a tail. I lost no
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . ther side and almost into their midst; they had tried the old, old liontactics of doubling. At sight of me they stood, and I put in a right andleft; off they galloped, T in hot pursuit, following, as I thought, the firstwho had got a fair shoulder shot, and not wishing to lose sight of her,because of the thickness of some of the bush. I could just see herbounding round an ant-hill, and was making a desperate spurt to seeif she would double, when I rushed round the corner of a bush right onto the top of a tail. I lost no time in skipping to one side; however, shewas at her last gasp, gnawing her forepaw and making that peculiar deepgurgle, once heard, never forgotten, the lions death-groan. I found shewas the recipient of the first barrel, and the one I was following, whichhad dropped for a moment to my second barrel, must have crossed when Ilost sight of them behind an ant-hill. Then to my disgust I rememberedthat I had had a solid bullet in my second barrel in case of an unexpected i.
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