The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-11
How to Frighten a lion.

My fiiebd was cut once lion shooting in
kattia war. In some parts of the district,
where Il is tolerabiy open, the sportsmen
used to follow the game on horseback,
ride up within range, and then dismount
to get a shot, unless their beasts were
steady enough 10 stand fire from their
backs. After the shot, they quickly re-
mounted aud gailoped on. In fact some
thing in the mariner OF the African way of
conducting the sport is described.
On OCCASION, my friend had turned
up q couple of grown lions, and Was fol-
lowing them on the pain He managed to
get within range, and as his horse would
not stand quiet enough for him to fire off
his back, jumped of and threw the bride
over his arm by some chance, however,
omitting to slip bis hand through 1t. Wen,
he got r fair shot, ard hit ore of the lions
hard; but the noise startled the horse, and.
as there was nothing TO check il, away il
galloped, leaving my friend standing. He
fired his second barrel, and. aud then had
the horror of seeing the wounded lion
come charging down toward him, i.ll head,
tall and legs, and roaring tremendously.
His rifle was empty and useless, and, of
course, there was no time to load His
first impulse was naturally to bolt as
hard as he could, and accordingly away he
stumped for the nearest tree, But long be-
fore he cOnld reach it the rOars came closer
and closer behind him; and he felt that he
had not the slightest chance Of reaching the
tree before being Overtaken by the angry
brute. Still he sped on with the instinct of
preservation; but the lion was fast
closing with him. What could he doY
There was no time to be lost. In few
more bounds his head might be crushed in
by the blow of a paw, or his mangled limbs
be quiYering in the animals relentless laws
II suddenly occurred to him to try and
stArtle the beast by some unusual combna-
ton of form aud sounds. His resolve was
immediately taken, and acted upon with
out delay. stopping short, suddenly in his
race with his back still toward the charg-
ing lion now drawing very close. he duck
ed his head and body TIL he looked at It
reverenuy from between his legs, and in
that positionm made some of the most hideous
face, and gave uttcrance to some of his most
appalling yelis, and ~ the same time geS-
ticnlated wildly with his arms. This
was metamorphoss tO~ which the savage
beast was quite uiprepared. just before
there had been runaway man, logging il
as hard as he codld go IN front; ont now
there was a fearful. shapeless creature sta
tionary and unyieiding aud how'ing IN the
most awful way. qui,e Deyoni all Jon eX-
pertence. The brdtc was staggered. and
hesirated in his heldlOng career: then
pulled up and looked advanced a step and
looked more closely; heard d frantic vel of
extra power, the last dcspairing effort of
the hunter; turned. sud, with .oW cred tail,
trOtted off TO join his cOmpaniou. now dis
appearing In the distance. After shurt
space my friend arose. almost purple IN the
face from the violence of his cxertinus and
the unpieasantlv low position of his head,
but much gratihed anI chuckiing greatly
at the success of his ingenious rIse.-Ihe
Eastern Hunters.