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across a lion & lioness, but too far off to shoot & shortly after 2 lionesses. He Bowled one over with his 450 & had a shot at the other but missed. The first one meanwhile got up & bounded down towards the  river. He & his gun bearer & this boy tracked her about a quarter of a mile through the high grass down to the river and then through the most awful jungle along the river bank for about a mile. He then got another shot at her and hit her again & she fell down the river bank into a fearful jungle of thorn trees. They could not see her & after peering about & throwing stones in - they conceived the further mad plan of going in after her. They had hardly parted the branches & got under when out she came at them like a whirlwind. As good luck had it she caught the porter. C fired right in to her mouth breaking a tooth & smashing the skull on the other side & she rolled down the bank but even then was not done but sat up roaring when