He Was Lifted Tenderly Into The Tonga - How
Thankful We Now Were To Have It With Us!
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Spooner at once set off with him to camp and
the doctor.
Before following them home I made a hasty
examination of the dead lion and found him to be
a very good specimen in every way. I was
particularly satisfied to see that one of the two
shots I had fired as he charged down upon me
had taken effect. The bullet had entered below
the right eye, and only just missed the brain.
Unfortunately it was a steel one which Spooner
had unluckily brought in his ammunition bag by
mistake; still one would have thought that a
shot of this kind, even with a hard bullet, would
at least have checked the lion for the moment.
As a matter of fact, however, it went clean
through him without having the slightest stopping
effect. My last bullet, which was of soft lead,
had entered close to the right eye and embedded
itself in the brain. By this time it had grown
almost dark, so I left the two dead lions where
they lay and rode for camp, which I was lucky
enough to reach without further adventure or
mishap. I may mention here that early next
morning two other lions were found devouring
the one we had first shot; but they had not had
time to do much damage, and the head, which I
have had mounted, makes a very fine trophy
indeed.
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