I Accordingly Swept The Plain With My
Glasses In The Direction In Which She Had Bounded
Off, And After Some Searching I Discovered Her
About A Mile Away, Apparently Lying Down In
The Midst Of A Herd Of Hartebeeste, Who Grazed
Away Without Taking Any Notice Of Her.
I felt
much inclined to follow her up, but I was afraid
that if I did so the vultures
That were already
hovering around would settle on my lion and
spoil the skin, for the destruction of which these
ravenous birds are capable, even in the space of
only a few minutes, is almost beyond belief. I
accordingly returned to the dead beast and sat
down astride of him. I had read that a frontal
shot at a lion was a very risky one, and on
carefully examining the head it was easy to see the
reason; for owing to the sharp backward slope
of the forehead it is almost impossible for a
bullet fired in this manner to reach the brain. As
there were lots of lions about in this district and
as I wanted to bag some more, I set myself to
think out a plan whereby the risk of a frontal
shot might be got rid of. About a fortnight
afterwards I had an opportunity of putting
my scheme into practice, happily with most
excellent results; this, however, is another story,
which will be told later on.
I next commenced to skin my trophy and found
it a very tough job to perform by myself.
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