Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-02
THE LION AND THE MISSIONARY.

The Royal Beast" is an immense humbug.
Thousands Of years of impressive lying III his
behalf, aud the influences Of law. Of poetry OF
fable, Of history, Of %heraldry and of art, have
crowned a thIru rate sneak. King OF BEASTS aud
ID fourth rate fighter, Monarch OF the Forests.
Cumming and Girard denied his legitimacy OF
rJle, aud took each of them Il just jerk at hls
crown, the one disguised to throw il elephant
uatdS, and The other to TOSS ii on The horn oi the
rhiuocrehus. The Scotch Missionary Living
stone now returns from a 1rUmenHde OF Africa,
half way up it aud entirely across it, and deposes
the Licu from his throne and rolls him down IN
common dirt. III y fashion sweet to behold III the
case OF any humhug, but uelectable lii the instance
of Il shaun regal.
To begin whit is not possible to distinguish
between the roar OF an Ostrich and the roar OF IL
Lion! Livingstone, alter years OF familiarity with
lie sounds made lay this silllest Ui buds, could tell
ii with certainty iium The roaring ui the "ld mum
auE, only bv knowing that the Ostrich roars b.!
DAY aud the Lion toy night. All the European
travellers and hunters III Africa, whose opinions
Livingstone asked On this point, c"ncurred IN say
mg that they know no difference IN tue sounds
" hen the animals were at Il distance. 1he rasves
of cultivated ears claimed that they could detect
u variation between tie commenceineuts OF the
runr.ug of each. That there SHOULD be a doubt
, | between reg'l thunder aud the squawk Of ii
fowl!
. Livingstone we'll establishes the fact, TOO, thai
| tins false occupant Ul me brutal lnrOhe ehtS VIA
= only by a necessity of disease. and through iht
com ~pulsion of inirmity. lie dares not prey upol
, villages in his youth and vigor. When his teett
r are worn and he becomes too old to catch game II
The woods, he sncaks around folds, and comes
A down to mutton and CONT flesh and tnds IN hunger
4 the courage TO leap upon children and women II
.. The dark. His footprints about the village PEN
= lead the Bushman to say, Ibis teeth are decayst
: soon he will kill men" They Immediately turr
|, out and kill him. Frequently his old %kingship il
/ found to be in such dietetic extremity, us to bt
D catching mice for food and even dining off o
e grass.
The scent Of Mans foot is in general suficien
: to make this Monarch turn tail upon a village
This fear Of the true king Of the globe has beeI
, frequently authenticated in the cases 81 liOnesse
b assuagiug the parUXysms Of hunger IN the viclnit.
Of towns, ly devUuring their own younE.-lh
rule is lit has its exceptions Of course) that in thu
J. day time. there is noe the smallest danger OF hon
d " hich are molested. attacking o Man, nor o.
d bright moonlight nights either, except they be III
b spired by their breeding affection. Then the.
d brave all dangers. Encountered in the day tim
1t By a traveller, the lion stands but a second or tSo
gaziug-then turns slowly around aud slowl
walks away, a dozen pnces, looking continuousi
z uyer his shou!der-then be begins to trot, an'
II when he thinks himself out Ct sight, fairly give
e leg bail and bounds away like a greyhound.
II His approach to his prey is never k~inS-like. bit
e always cutrilke. He is eminently Il sneak thief.
lie kuow US his deserts and has an instructive G.
pectatjun IF traps and prisons. 4 horse hitche
J to II stump, an OK tied to n wagon, or u sheep pei
eted to a bush, fill the rLscals fears with ideas
~ Newgate and punishment. lie dares not spf'n,
hut sitting on his launches quakes the night Wit
that terrific roar which can not be distinguishe
from the squawk of the ostrich. noble brute
he never goes near the Elephant save in his bal
estate. When u little toddler, and at II distan,
III from it's mother. he will venture 20 tear it. !
- Le mere sight Of the Rhinoceros he cuts avs
cd Tor the thickest Jungle. The head of the Buifa
IA cow or bull he never faces. One toss IT the
en- horns would kill the biggest lion that ever hul
bugged the heralds. A blazing fire kindled by
African in the night will fetch him to bay, a
the fear OF him will not prevent the negro fro
curling up in the edge uf its ashes and goi
The sound to sleep.
it'll The test Of courage, throughout Africa. is I
I'M the hunting Of this false and fraudulent pretend
10 regal character, but OF the truly imperial Il
phart. Aud the hunt always develops the supe
on orlty Of civilized man over savage. Notes TAX
'et- by Livingstone. at kolebeng, Of the results
udl elephant hunts by combined parties Of Griqu
ALI Bechuanas, Dutch Beers and English Office
nd gave an average Of one animal killed per man
VI tue natives, two each for the Beers, and twcl
IN. each Tor The Englishmen. This was the more
in markable us the natives and Beers. EN- ployed d,
AR and assistants. while the English emplu,
've neither. But these faced their game at only TIN
Yards distance. The others fired always at
as prudent distance OF II hundred yards or more
rem AiJ. Ere. Jour.
ses.