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ENGLISH WOMAN WRITES OF THRILLING LION HUNT WITH ROOSEVELT On Horseback She and Former President Rout Fierce Beast Out of Its Lair and Chase It Down—Brave Animal Charges Whole Line of Its Human Enemies, and Falls Fighting Before Score of Spear Thrusts If yne are ■ • n«nan. h<w would you like to iske port !o a lion spearing hunt? No sbonting the fierce beast at a distance of half a mile. Nothing ease i« that—hnt a hand to-t»ml battle with him. apear anlnst claw and ?’• horsepower teeth. Well, this English woman who aaodeatly j •Wnm cA N uIY Rmpz i JK I f l <->n «~gJ $$ J&?W. 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Fifty picked Nandi natives march i ed In. in all their war paint—queer ar rangements of feathers on their heads and cow bells to make music, fastened to their knees, decorated waist-belts, to which most of them had a small club or knife hanging, the rest of their arms—or. I might say, dress—consisting of a shield THE ATLANTA SExMLWEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1910. and spear. For Hunting they dispensed with the cow bells and the feathered head-dresses. They are very fine men, tall and well-built, as active as mon keys. and as plucky as they make 'em. We all started off across the plain, the grass for several miles round being fortunately short. The Nandis arranged tl emselves in a long single line to beat, while the horsemen, about ten in all consisting of Colonel Roosevelt’s party, ourselves, and a few others —followed just behind them. After drawing about ten miles of country without any result, our hopes and spirits began to fall corres prndingly as the heat of the day rose. By this time w*e had reached a dry river bed. with some good cover of long grass and reeds. We had not gone far along it when up jumped a splendid Hon, dark in color, jgrith a fine mane, and made off towards some fairly open coun- try. Anyway we galloped in hot pur suit—a most thrilling chase. For a few minutes we lost sight of him in the long grass before he left the river bed, but he was soon viewed as he mounted some rising ground towards some thorn trees. There seemed to be something incongru ous in giving the halloo! to a Hon, and 1 felt almost ashamed of shouting, “There he goes! forrard away!" after his re treating majesty the king of beasts. We soon gained on him, and he took cover under a low-spreading thorn tree, growl ing savagely, lashing his tail and turn ing from side to side, looking for the weakest spot in the circle of his ene mies, who were gradually forming round him. We had a perfect view of him within about 30 yards, and I longed to'Tiave a shot, but my rifle was far i>wiind; and we were, anyhow, not supposed to shoot unless in danger. The Nandis were to do the killing. Those few minutes were the most exciting, and they seemed much longer than they were, for every moment he seemed to be getting more furious, and each time he turned and looked our way I expected he would charge. Very soon he did, but not at us. He came out at a trot for a few yards, still growling; then reared up and threw himself at the line of natives. He looked magnificent, and they faced him without flinching. In a flash he had a man down who got his spear home, but was mauled him self in the shoulder and arm. Then, feel ing another spear on the other side, the lion turned and seized another man, and clawed him, at the same time biting furiously at yet another spear, which he doubled up in his mouth, knocking out two of his own teeth, and chipping a bit out of his tongue as he fell, still fight ing, pierced through and through with about 20 spears. The excitement was now great and gen eral, and kodaks flashed to the fore as the victorious Nandis, holding their shields over tlieir neads. marched round singing a deep throated and rather melo dious dirge over their fallen foe. He was a game and gallant foe, well worthy of their own courage. The two wounded natives were soon seen to and their wounds washed and dressed, and happily, after the first shock was over, they were found to be not very seriously hurt. They are a strong and healthy race, and soon recover from wounds of this nature. The funniest thing was w’hen one of the party came up and complimented me on my courage and coolness! I began to wonder if I had killed the lion! Colonel Roosevelt was delighted with the whole thing. He is most refreshingly keen and quite boyishly enthusiastic about everything that presents itself to his no lice. He laughs at every joke as heartily as a school boy. We had one more lion hunt with the Nandis and got a brace—a very handsome lion and a lioness. The lion was just like the first one. but not so large. We had a short chase after them, and then they lay down in the reeds, the only cover there was, and were quickly dispatched before they had time to col lect themselves or screw up their cour age to the plt=h o_ fury the other one did. He was a beautiful Hon. in splendid condition, and his skin was presented to the only lady of the party, to her great surprise and joy, and thus ended the great Sasin Guishu Hon hunt. 3
