THE MAN-EATING LION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 90, 17 April 1909, Page 14

THE MAN-EATING LION.

There is a distinction in Africa between ordinary lions and "man-eaters." The ordinary lion does not wilfully attack man. The prosence of lions roaming at night on the veldt is not disturbing to any native nor to whites who have come to understand the beact. Persons returning to their camps after nightfall do not notice the roaring of lions, or the cries of leopards and hyenas. It is seldom that people bent upon domestio errands carry weapons in the darkness, although at night the veldt of British East Africa is alive with roiming beasts, which may be heard from the verapdahs of the houses. Lions give the passing man a wide berth, clay or night, when it is apparent that he means no mischief. An ordinary lion, even when wounded, will try flight before fight. When its escape is disputed, it will, especially if wounded, try to maul its enemy with teeth and claws. A lion hunt is usually a chase in which the hunters goad the game into combat: Once a lion has tasted human blood, however, it is no more afraid of man, but learns that he is tho weakest of animals and the choicest of meat. Such a lion is known as a man-eater because now he hunts man. — M'Cluxe's Magazine.