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This time, after a couple of hundred yards, the dogs caught him, and a great fight followed. THIS TIME AFTER A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS THE DOGS CAUGHT HIM AND A GREAT FIGHT FOLLOWED
wn the great gorges, until we sometimes absolutely lost even the sound of the baying. Then they struck the fresh trail, where the cougar had killed a deer over night. In half an hour a clamorous yelling told us they had overtaken the quarry; for we had been riding up the slopes and along the crests, wherever it was possible for the horses to get footing. As we plunged and scrambled down towards the noise, one of my companions, Phil Stewart, stopped us while he took a kodak of a rabbit which sat unconcernedly right beside our path. Soon we saw the lion in a treetop, with two of the dogs so high up among the branches that he was striking at them. He was more afraid of us than of the dogs, and as soon as he saw us he took a great flying leap and was off, the pack close behind. In a few hundred yards they had him up another tree. Here I could have shot him (Tony climbed almost up to him, and then fell twenty feet out of the tree), but waited for Stewart to get a photo; and he jumped again. WO HOURS GOING UP AND DOWN THE GREAT GORGES UNTIL WE SOMETIMES ABSOLUTELY LOST EVEN THE SOUND OF THE BAYING THEN THEY STRUCK THE FRESH TRAIL WHERE THE COUGAR HAD KILLED A DEER OVERNIGHT IN HALF AN HOUR A CLAMOROUS YELLING TOLD US THEY HAD OVERTAKEN THE QUARRY FOR WE HAD BEEN RIDING UP THE SLOPES AND ALONG THE CREST WHEREVER IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE HORSES TO GET FOOTING AS WE PLUNGED AND SCRAMBLED DOWN TOWARDS THE NOISE ONE OF MY COMPANIONS PHIL STEWART STOPPED US WHILE HE TOOK A KODAK OF A RABBIT WHICH SAT UNCONCERNEDLY RIGHT BESIDE OUR PATH SOON WE SAW THE LION IN A TREE TOP WITH TWO OF THE DOGS SO HIGH UP AMONG THE BRANCHES THAT HE WAS STRIKING AT THEM HE WAS MORE AFRAID OF US THAN OF THE DOGS AND AS SOON AS HE SAW US HE TOOK A GREAT FLYING LEAP AND WAS OFF THE PACK CLOSE BEHIND IN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS THEY HAD HIM UP ANOTHER TREE HERE I COULD HAVE SHOT HIM TONY CLIMBED ALMOST UP TO HIM AND THEN FELL TWENTY FEET OUT OF THE TREE BUT WAITED FOR STEWART TO GET A PHOTO AND HE JUMPED AGAIN
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