It involves danger to all concerned.
[Drawing: _Spearing Lions_] The "riding" method is also dangerous, for in it the hunter endeavors to "round up" or "herd" a lion by riding him to a standstill.

When the lion is fighting mad he stops and turns upon his persecutors.

This is when the obituary columns thrive.
The "lariat" method is not as yet in general vogue, but I understand that "Buffalo" Jones, an American, succeeded in roping a lion as they rope cattle out west.

It sounds diverting.
[Photograph: By courtesy of W.D.Boyce.

A Dead Lion Is a Sign for Jubilation] [Photograph: A Dethroned King of Beasts] The "spear" method is that employed by natives, who, armed with spear and shield, surround a lion and then kill it with their spears.