The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-01-02
Dr. Livingatono'a story Of a Lion,

Di' LlFAlkhtoAp' % SLoiy OF u Lion
Il 10 well known that II one IN troop Of
lions Is killed, the others take the hint and
leave that part Of the country, So the next
time the hords were attacked, ! went with
the people, n order 20 encourage them 10 rid
themselves Of the annoyance by destroying
one Of tho mnraudeH, We found the lions
on O small hin about quarter Of a mile in
length, and covered with trees a circle Of
men was formed round H. and they gradually
cloacd up ascending pretty near to each 9TH
er Being down on the plain below with a
native schoolmaslcr named Mebnwe, a most
excellent man, saw one Of the lions sitting
on piece Of rock within the now closed
circle at men, Mobalwe fred At him before
| could, and the ball struck the rock on which
the animal was sitting lIo Biz at the spot
struck, as dog does at stick or stone
thrown nt him then loaping away broke
through the opening circle, aud escaped uu-
hurt, The men were afraid Ia attack him,
perhaps on account Of their belief In witch
craft, When the circle was rcfomedl Ne
saw two other lions la iti bat we're afraid 10
fire. leAt wc should strike the men, aud they
allowed the beasts to burst through also. II
the lIakatla had acted according TO the GUS
tom Of the country, they would have spcarcd
the lions in their attempt 20 get out Seeing
We could not get them 10 Kin one Of the lions
a. bent Dur Moistcps toward the village in
going round the end of he hiIl however,
saw one Of the beasts sitting on piece of
rock ns hclare. but this time be had lillc
bush in front Being about thirty yards OIL
took good aim at his body through the
bush, and fired both barrels into H. The
men then cried out, "llc is shot, hc is shot ="
Others cried, "lIc has been shot by another
man, too let us 60 10 him" ] did not see
any one else shoot at him, hut saw the lions
tail erected anger behind the hush aud,
turning to the people, said, "stop little iill
load again" When iu the act Of ramming
dawn tlir bullets ilt,,,s, a--Aapi. Starting
and looking half round, / saw the lion Just
in the act Of 'pringing upon me. ! was upon
a little height he caught my shoulder ~ he
sprang, and We both conic 10 the ground be-
low together Growing horribly close to my
car. he shock me as terrier dog docs rat.
The shock produced a stupor similar TO that
which seems 10 be- felt by mouse after the
first shake of the cat. IL caused sort Of
drcamincss, in which there was no sense Of
pain nor feeling " terror though quito con
scious Of all that was happening. ltwas like
what patients partially under the iuA~cncc
of ohloroiorm describe, ~ ho see all the opera
tions, but feel not tAa knigr This singular
condition was not the result Of any mental
process. The shake annihilatcd fear. and al
lowd no sense of horror in looking round at
tho -hruvt7
This peculiar state is probably produced in
allAuimals killed by the carnivorai and il so,
is a mercifnl provision by our heavenly Crca-
tor for irsscnng the pain of death. TsIniss
round to relieve myself Of the weight as ghE
had one paw on the back Of my head, saw
his eyes directed TO Mcbalwc, who was try
ing TO shoot him at a distance OF ten or iitccn
yards. llisgun, flint one, missed fire in
both barrels; the lion Immediately lcn me,
and, attacking Mchalwr, Bit his thigh An.
other man whose life had saved before, af.
ter he had been tossed 10y buffalo, attempt.
cd to spear the lion while he was biting Me
balwc. lie left Mcbalwc and caught him
by the shoulder, but at that moment the bull
let's he had received took effect, and he fell
down dead. fhr whole was-t the worl, of
few moments, and must have been his porox-
ysm Of dying rage. In order to take on, the
charm from him, the Bakatla on the following
day made huge bonfire over the carcasc,
which was declared To- be that of the largest
lion they had ever seen. besides cruuching
the bone into splintcrS, he left eleven tccth-
wounds on the upper part Of my arm.
A wound from this animals tooth rcscm-
blcs a gun-Shot wound it is generally fol-
lowed by great deal of sloughing and dis
charge, and pains are felt in the part priodi-
cally ever afterwards. bad on a tartan jack
ct on the occosioit,~ and l believe that it
wiped off all the virus from the teeth that
pierced tic flesh, for my two companions in
this atfray have both suffered from the pccu-
liar pains, while have escaped with only the
Inconvenience of false Joint in my limb.
The man whose shoulder was wounded show
ed me his wound actually burst forth afrcsh
on the same month of the following year.
This curious point deserves the attention of
inqurors.- LiringstoRcs Missionary Trdreis.
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~ This is my home! :" cried little one,
a treasured boy of four summers, as fresh
nnd rnsv hc connr in from, scbonl nj tho closc