Then we studied the herds of game and saw that many of them were looking in a certain direction.

We drove in that direction and whipped up the mules to a lively trot.

In a few minutes Stephenson picked up the three lions far to the left, where they were slowly making their way toward another ravine a mile or so beyond.
Then began one of the strangest lion hunts ever recorded in African sporting annals.
You may have read of the practice of "riding" lions.

Doctor Rainsford, in his splendid book on lion hunting, describes this thrilling sport in such vivid words that you shiver as you read them.

Mounted men gallop after the lion, bring it to bay, and then hold it there until the white hunter comes up to a close range and shoots it.