When He Got About Half-Way To
The Tree, However, He Turned To See How Far His
Pursuer Was Behind, And In Doing So Put His Foot In
A Hole In The Ground, And To My Horror Fell Head
Over Heels, His Rifle Flying From His Grasp.
I
expected the great brute to be on him in a
moment, but to my intense relief the old
Rhino
stopped dead when he saw the catastrophe
which had taken place, and then, failing (I suppose)
to understand it, suddenly made off in the opposite
direction as hard as he could go. In the
meantime Brock had got to his feet again, and raced
for dear life to the tree without ever looking
round. It was a most comical sight, and I
sat on the rise and for the second time that
day laughed till my sides ached.
After this we returned to the scene of my
morning's adventure, where we found that the
invaluable Mahina had finished skinning the two
lions. We accordingly made our way back to
camp with our trophies, all of us, with perhaps
the exception of Roshan Khan, well satisfied with
the day's outing. Whenever afterwards I wanted
to chaff this "boy", I had only to ask whether
he would like to come and see some more shikar.
He would then look very solemn, shake his head
emphatically and assure me "Kabhi nahin, Sahib"
("Never again, Sir").
CHAPTER XXIII
A SUCCESSFUL LION HUNT
When the Athi river had been bridged, the
section of the line to Nairobi was pushed forward
as rapidly as possible, and from dawn to dark
we all exerted ourselves to the very utmost.
One day (May 28) the weather was exceptionally
hot, and I had been out in the broiling sun ever
since daylight superintending the construction
of banks and cuttings and the erection of temporary
bridges.
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