BIG BAG OF LIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1931, Page 7

BIG BAG OF LIONS

FIVE FOR ONE SHOT. THE' HORRIFIED NATIVE. BULAWAYO, September 25. Five 1 lion» with one shot is tlie proud record of a farmer of the Plumtree district. This achievement was the climax of an exciting adventure. This is how it happenedLions had been causing depredations in Messrs Haskinson’s stock at Mphoengs-, and seven head had mysteriously disappeared; iso Mr Frank HurndaU and several other residents decided to organise a lion hunt. Proceeding) cautiously they spotted a lioness, and Mir Hurnda.ll promptly fired and shot the animal dead. ' On reaching the spot where the body lay ithe hunters were astonished to find four lion cubs. One of the little animals had been so badly mauled that it died the next day; but the rest of the family are reported to be “doing as well als can be expected” under the care of Mr Hurndall. While leisurely riding a bicycle along the main road near Kweceza, in the Gwaai Reserve, at dawn, a native saw what appeared to be a donkey lying in the roadway. He rode on unconcernedly, but, on approaching within a few yards of the object was horrified to see it rise from its recumbent position and reveal itself a full-grown lion. In his fright the boy tumbled off the bicycle. He accidently rang the ball in his fall, and this, apparently, so startled the bon that Jt bounded up and raced off into the veld, giving not so much as a glance backwards. The native, for his part, loist no time in remounting the machine and making off for dear life in the opposite direction.