New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-11
A Lion Adventure In Algeria.

was reused BY something, and felt pain IN ~
head, and directly afterward received blow On q
head through the side Of the tent, which made -
think for moment that had been struck By q
iron bar with claws At the end, which carried via
me IN my wagon but IN an instant the idea daahea
across me that was lion which smiling at -
through the back Of the tent. If remained where
was without moving there was the probability Of he
beast tearing up the tent and dragging me through
On the other hand, an attempt to closer to de
IRE would probably be detected Is the lion has IL
same characteristics as the cat and would d0ubtew
have sprung upon me 10 that case and have carried
me OF: While hesitating what to do, the aniual.
most likely from not being able any longer to fef
anything through the wall Of the tent, must have
turned away, for after what was in fact, but fsu
moments, but which seemed very long time, theso
was terrific shriek followed by . low, deep grovf
ing, then q shot and 9 louder growl.
felt about for my revolver, which had placed
beside my head before going to Sleep and creeping
round the tent saw the horrid beast standing peH
fectly, STILL with glaring eyes, and continuing dc
same low, deep growing, and holding in his mouth
the ground, as il with the iAtention Of taking 6re
hold, but never entirely letting 70 OF it, saw -
the direction Of his lock that be had caught sight d
me- and 50 terrible were the associations connected
with the beast in my mind that dared not Move q
breathe for some seconds when the thought suddnly
occurred to me that it must be the body Of Hsme2
that he held in bis mouth. Ny liking for this mn
had become so strong that the desire to rescue q
avenge him drove every feeling Of fear ont Of ny
mind, and, with eady aim. fired at his body ju1
behind the shoulder. Singularly enough. although
knew had hit him, he merely gave loud growfand
remained stationary without relaxing his hold of tie
Arabs body. How long he would have remained =
this state of immobility can't say, but was joae
about to try the effect Of second shot, when reu-
lar voley Of guns was fired from out OF the darkness;
the beast sprang forward toward me, almost at IL
same instant that felt sharp, singing sensatioa n
the upper part Of my arm, and fell to the ground -
close to me that stepped back to avoid blow foQ
his paws in his death struggles
Thhxv not vnct 11c
over, fetched lighted brand from the fire, and dit
holding 1t to the face of the dead man to see who i
was, and feeling much relieved at finding it was not
Hamed, waved it about as signal for the othes4
that they might come with safety. They soon csse
and clustered round the body Of the dead lion, soae
kicking it, and others splitting and reviling it, and
all OF them Claiming the honor Of having killed hi
claim that they seemed far more interested In d.
Tending than in commisserating the fate of their dead
companion. All the efforts we made to release the
latter unfortunate from the jaws Of the lion were
unavaing, without having recourse to our knives,
and as there was not the least doubt of his being
dead for the teeth of the powerful brute buried
in his chest and back, determined on leaving bod
bodies where they were until daylight: The first thing
did when awoke was to look for the bodies Of the
Arab and the lion. They lying where the beast
had fallen in the night, and his stfened jaws still
held the body Of the man as in powerful vice. TIE
desire of preserving q record Of the event for my
friends in England to look at, too strong to be
resisted set to work, cut three pieces Of TIM
Der to point, and having raised tie lion to an up
right position, kept him up by Of the pieces
wood. To conceal these, planted shrub here aud
there, which had the desired effect; and the result
obtained was negative, the like OF which believe
The attitude is as natural as possible
and makes one shudder to look at it.
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