Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-01-24
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OLD SERIES, VOL. IS, NO. II.

which is, next to the common house cat, tho
base Of the f,lncs, aud has always been set
down in old books Of natural history, as ia
proportion TO It's sizc one Of the most incorri-
bly, fierce Of It's tribe, and which NAV siill
with truth BE- called the most uBiamcable,
as il is the most beautiful Of all-yol showed
l ,self to b. oven more iimid than !, in sud
den rcnconlro was hunting with friend
near his rancho, on the banks Of the San An.
tonic river, one morning. The two unframed
dogs which accompanied RS soon ran OF faI
enough ahead down the course of the heavily
imbcrcd river bottom We were walking
through q Geld which had been opened into
tho timber, and which bcing uow ulculhvaied,
was fringed by thick brar.pJth A. We
approached this, s1me creature ,pnng up
from It's outer edge, where It had probably
been sonniug itself, und We heard II rattling
away into the adjacent forest, which at this
place was below where We stood On look.
+. ing dawn over The top of ,h5 ibirkei, NC sau
the beautifully mollcd iom Of an occolet.
clinsing 20 the trunk Of large cottonwood
tree, some ten feet from 10, blsc, with iis s,ri-
ped flrr turned back over Dos shoulders, cur
ou,ly regarding o.. u was 100 short point
blank range, and | Immediately fred It
dropped out Of view, sai when forced my
way through the ihlrkgi ald reached the FOOT
Of the tree. II he'd disappeared There was
q large hollow no lhr foot of ibr tire. into
which wc supposed thr creature had fallen,
iOr iclt sure Of ms a.m Onlool.rr dowa,
saw it extended aloag Doe b.uom, apparent.
Is dead v.' auNior 60 oLla.n il- kin,
and accordingly 1fcr lu1d.r. my i.ic, Iby
a .Ideway movement, pushed warm, shoul-
dcr,, and head, with difficulty INTO tie mar.
rw gap, IN hone ih.t / should h. able 20
reach and draw ou,. Nyhod bad scarcely
bcau introduced brior, pair of tllmlus cyo,
looked rp into mIua from ihc dlrAu,,s. apra.
rully uuiu o. lev ir.lc- ], of course,
struggled o.t as g.ca.y as possible, under
lno impression that in' creature supposod
10 have been killed va, oDIy stunned pvt
lhr mUz4lr oi my ufr down tHc hollow and
fired, %, thought, diroruy b.,vecn tAc glow
iug ewes. When ihr ,moAr va, lI.s.palcd.
,culurci to loo. iu again. aud there lay lhe
same creature o., Supposed, stretched, aud
,uII ia the oil position now determined
M a .cuaI lf,-l,oi.lw ont bad forced
iu--am,. shoulder, and h,.d-.1 .lr as they
would go, whru suddenly rlc Gog cyc. madg
their appearance again, ~ clos lo mine that
they seemed almost 10 burr ih.u' .rullcd
desperately 10 eNlucllr my person, nr tic
idea Of pair of long white clav- slack into.
ms phil, was 90, the most Pi.asau, that could
b, conceived. was JOS, 900 slime, ior a.
drew nv face out, plump against 10 came the
heavy crush of soft flr. auu 70 strong BODY
bchind DO, and va, prrltri 900 my back.
was rouscd by iLc stan ani lr. Doc together.
10y the loud guliiws ot my compin.on, vho
vas too much conwiscI with a,eb'rr 20 10
able io shoot ihr cat. vhcu 49,. ,4u ro.ng 90
through the woods 10 lg.l speed. 90 ctam-
nation. found the root, of lhcer.ai u,c h.d
been followed ilr under ani b.yuni tlc limo
of,.,.on. and concluded th' 90. .uu, iu,othc
hollow had mi,,-i l.n. } found iuc Co.,,
anlm1i dad, which had ...a lsa. irau III,
first w nov called tur dogs. which soon
traced the h..u,. io suo,b.r r...oa Isc.
irum which Ne .mo,,i % DOWN, is tie
practice 10 taking hare, vh,n ,h,y Gre
"trcri" and shot 10 dead a, B, -Ia.r o-'.
W. found this to BE- ,hc a.a, while ,h- Gr.t
Va, q crb lrsi grown.
II D., n somewhat curious commentary u.ol
ihr uamrr II rh,,a animals, tlr the cob vas
found 10 have been 80 badly torn by lhc teeth
Of ihc dam ss to rruL.. De-, ,an useless /
,uprosr d, fllnu. luln ihr dem ,1 ,.ji,nis
and unusually, w., ths c,rsr of iai. mu1iu-
rll act 90 the pant ol ihr mo,hgr, who m.s-
lonk II for srma as,a.lar' have uo doubt
should have been badly myuliei hy lh',
creature hal the incident occurred anywhere
bui IN ,hiS ne .hborhooj. where 10 had been
thoroughly initiated in,o ,lrs terror, of Gun.
powder and lho rifr.