Fortunately there was a vacant iron shanty close at
hand, with a convenient loophole in it for firing from; and outside this I placed three full-grown
goats as bait, tying them to a half-length of rail,
weighing about 250 Ibs. The night passed un-
eventfully until just before daybreak, when at last
the lion turned up, pounced on one of the goats
and made off with it, at the same time dragging
away the others, rail and all.

Chapter 9