6/44 McMillan's farm, which is a farm only in name, was scoured without ever a sign or a hint that a lion lurked thereabouts. The second day we crossed the Nairobi River, the third day we crossed the Induruga River, and the fourth day we camped down on the Athi River. Two English settlers came over and told us that lions had been heard the night before near their ranch house, on the slopes of Donyo Sabuk, a high solitary round top mountain rising from the Athi Plains, and we determined to organize our first lion hunt. It was here that Mr.Lucas was killed by a lion a short time before. |