The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-31
BOW Is Friahtan a 1ion

He was out once lion shooting 10
Kattiawiarg Insome parts Of the district
where it ID tolersbIy lOpeng the sports.
men, lsed To- follow the game Oh borse.
back, ride up within range, and then
dismount to get a shot, unless the beasts
were steady enough to stand Gre from
theirbaeks2l Afterthersbot they quickly
remounted and gslloped off In fact,
somethingin in the manner that the African
way Of conducting The sport IS described.
On one OCCASION my friend had turned
up couple of full-g grown lions, and was
following them on The plain. He man.
aged to get within range, and, as his
horse would not stand quiet enongh, for
him to fire off bis back, Jumped Of, and
threw the bride over his arm; by some
chances however, omitting to slip his
hand through It. We'll, he got a fair
shot and hit Que Of the lions hard; but
the noise startled the horse,s and, as
there was nothing to check it, away it
galloped, leaving my friend standing.
He fred the second barrel, and then
had the horror Of seeing the wounded
lion come charging down toward him,
all head, tail, and legs, and roaring
tFemendously.saaaHis rife was empty
and useless, and Of course there was no
time to loadapoHis, first impulse was
naturally to- bolt as hard as he could
and accordinglgl away he stamped for
the nearest tree. Bat long before he
could reach if the Toars came closer and
closer behind him, and he felt that he
had not the slightest chance of reaching
the Tree before being oEertaken By, that
angry brritea 1.Stillbe sped On with the
instinct 0fg gself7pFessryationt but, The
lion was fast closing, with, him, What
could he doY There was no time to be
lost ma few more bounds his head
might be crushed In by ithe blow Of a
paWs orhis maRgled limbs be. qniyeribg
in; the animals relentless Jaws 1t sud-
denly occurred to him to try and startle
the Beast BY Come Unusual Combination
of form and sounds. 9fHisresoive was
immediately takenyn and. acted upon
without delaysa Stopping shsrtusad-.
denly in .lEii bis VI race, with his back, still
towards the charging lion, now drawing
very close, he'ddcked his head and body
until heHlooked aeit reyersedly from
between hislegsj and inthatlsposition
made some of the most, hideeus taces9I
and gave utteranee to some of, the most
appalling yells, and, at the same time,
gesticdlated wildly With his arms. THIS
was aTmetsmorphosisa foe which the
saEage6lbeast owas1 quite1annpreparsda
Just before there had beer, a runaway,
man, Logging it as hard as, he could 10
in front bdp now there was v a fearful,
sbapelesS Creature stati6hary and ,dno
yieldiugpaBd bowling in themostawfdI
wal; ;naBite, bhyonbali lion oexpeiience.a
Thss) brute b9fgaFls vas staggered ard, hesitatsd
in his headlong careeri then pulled up.
and 15oked; Advanced astep! and looked
more cl0seFyT heard ffahtic yell Of
extra powgr-tRe last despairing effort
Of the hunter; turnedS SsaudiKith .l6ws,
cred tail trotted off to Join his com
panion, now disappearing in the dis.
tance. Attefa short space my friend
arose, almost rparpisih the face from
the oyioleDCe7of hisdexertions and the
unpleasaatlyo loEsposition oRshis heada
but much gratified,, and chuckling,
greatly at the success Of his ingenious
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