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This is one of the most remarkable lion stories on record. Colonel Patterson describes how two man-eating lions established a veritable reign of terror at the railhead construction camps of the Uganda Railway. For three weeks the savage beasts kept several hundred men in a state of helpless panic, entirely stopping the progress of the […]

This is probably the most remarkable lion story on record. Colonel Patterson describes how two man-eating lions established a veritable reign of terror at the railhead construction camps of the Uganda Railway. For three weeks the savage beasts kept several thousand men in a state of helpless panic, entirely stopping the progress of the railway. […]

This article—written by an ex-officer of the late Boer army—will be found of especial interest.. It describes the curious methods of hunting employed by the Boers, who carry the communal system even into their big-game hunts.