LION HUNTING IN NUBIA.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 286, 7 June 1909, Page 7

LION HUNTING IN NUBIA.

Tiyj majority of the lions seori In our menageries- oome from Nubia, whore the native hunters Avill dispose ol : them for the. equivalent of a few shillings. When an agent arrives, should there not be any whelps on hand, the natives of the district will immediately go out iavto the neighboring deserts, and there disperse in search of qua-rvy. Tlufir aim is to .find the "spoor" or trail of the mother lioness,. for as she goes in and out ■> f her lair, she gradually makes a beaten trade which is not difficult to detect. Having made this discovery. the I mnter creeps slowly and cautiously along the bushes. Under his ann he carries, a bundU' of javelins and a.vsegais.' At last he readies the neighborhood of the lair. The li<>jii'*> scents his approach, and starts up with an awful growl. But she is too late. Before, she can spring, even before she has caught full .sight

<>l! tlie intruder, :m assegai, and then another, whirled with unerring aim, liavc penetrated, her liody. Slie falls to the- gixuuict, «,iYS}>in«;, dt'art. The little lion whelps are too weak niv\ small .to offer any defence; the cruellooking fangs, the terrible flaws are only just beginning to bud. Tliey are gathered up by tlie hunter, who takes thorn back to li is zareba. There they are brought up on tbe milk of goats, the little ones growing quite fond of their foster-mothers. Directly they are able to eat flesh, they are placed in cages to await the arrival of a purchaser .