In 1894 Lord Delamere was severely mauled by an attacking lion, and was only saved when his Somali gunbearer, Abdullah Ashur, leaped on the lion, giving Delamere time to retrieve his rifle. As a result of the attack, Lord Delamere limped for the rest of his life; he also developed a healthy respect for Somalis. He would also run into Hussein again who narrated an amazing story that happened to him in the year since. Following a successful raid of numerous camels, Hussein had split from his party to avoid detection. Given that it was a particularly dry year his horse Mangalool had collapsed from fatigue and could not continue any further. To rescue his horse, Hussein rushed his looted camels to the nearest wells and made them drink as much water as possible, before returning back to Mangalool. He then slaughtered a camel periodically along the 20 mile route back to the safe well and would give Mangalool water from the camels he killed. He stated he would rather kill 100 camels than lose his horse, and that with Mangalool he'd easily gain many more camels than he slaughtered now that he had his horse back.