Saturday, December 5, 2009

To foot travelers. None of the hikers or birdwatchers or botanical hobbyists who came to the Alakai Swamp dared to visit the place. It was kapu-forbidden-and said to be.

Thence I passed into the forest and walked on until I found myself in a neighbouring principality. At a wayside restaurant I partook of an omelette and some wine and was charged for the idyllic repast a thaler and a half. Not until eleven o'clock did I return home--to find a summons awaiting me from the General. Our party occupied two suites in the hotel; each of which contained two rooms. The first (the.
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"I reckoned that they would pass on their way to the bushy kloof within about five and twenty yards of me so taking a long breath I got my gun well on to the lion's shoulder--the black-maned one--so as to allow for an inch or two of motion and catch him through the heart. I was on dead on and my finger was just beginning to tighten on the trigger when suddenly I went blind--a bit of reed-ash had drifted into my right eye. I danced and rubbed and succeeded in clearing it more or less just in time to see the tail of the last lion vanishing round the bushes up the kloof. "If ever a man was mad I was that man. It was too bad; and such a shot in the open! However I was not going to be beaten so I just turned and marched for the kloof. Tom the driver begged and implored me not to go but though as a general rule I never pretend to be very brave (which I am not) I was.
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