Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-02-20
AIInn,snlnn,s story.

The following alter Don story of
sport in Inhia is taken from n book
entitled The Eastern Hunters -
remember story told mc some
time ago, relating To an acquain.
lance of my own. He is queer
fellow, full Of fun, and always ready
for a Joke, and has II ludicrous way
of making faces and emitting curl
ous bowls which | defy the most
solemn Methodist 10 witness un.
moved. The nature Of the man
renders what am going to tell you
appear more absurd than the real
narrative itself justifcs; but as !
can't convey proper idea Of that,
! will just tell you what was told to
mo. i must state first, though tina,
thc poor fellow got bad fall with
his horse some years ago, by which
his leg was broken, and he has been
obliged ever since to wear some
iron apparatus as it is, for the bro
ken lug is considerably shorter than
the other. But this necessity
Sbliges him to hobblo, and he can
scuJtlo over the ground at Won
derful pace. In other respects, he
is a tall good looking man:
He was once lion shooting in
Kattiwar. In some parts of this
district, where it is tolerably open,
the sportsmen nsed to follow game
on horseback, ride up within range,
and then dismount to get shot I'M
less their beasts were steady enough
to stand fire from their backs. After
the, shot they quickly remounted
and galloped off; in fact, something
IN the manner that the African way
Of conducting the sport is described
On one occasion my friend had
turned up a couple of furrowcd
lions, and was following thea on
tho plain. lie managed to get
within range, and, as his horse
would not stand quiet for him to
iire-from his back, he jumped of
and throw the bride over his arm,
by some chance, however, emitting
to slip his hand through it. We'll,
hegot a fair shot and hit one of the
ons-hard, but the noise startled
the horse; as there was nothing to
check it, off it galloped, leaving my
friend standing. lie fred his sec
ond barrel, and then had the hor.
ror Of seeing the wounded lion
charging down towards him, all
heatI,i tail and legs, and roaring tire.
mendously. His rife was now use
less, and of course there was no
time to load. His first impulse nat
urally was to bolt as hard MS he
could; and accordingly away he
stamped for the nearest tree. But
long before he could reach it, felt
that he had not the slightest chance
ofreaching the tree before being
overtaken by the angry brute. Still
he sped on with the instinct of self,
preservation; but the lion was fast
closing with him. What was to be
done2os. Frst rofrru
There was no time to be lost, in
q few more bounds his head might
bescrushed in by the blow of the
paw, or his mangled limbs be quiv-
ering in the animals relentless jaws.
It suddenly occurred to him to try
and starllc the beast by some unu-
sual combination ofform and sounds.
His resolve was Immediately taken
and acted upon without delay
Stopping suddenly in his pace, with
his back still toward the lion, now
drawing very close he duckcd his
head aud body till he looked at re
versely from between legs. and in
that position. made some of the most
bidcous faces and gave uttcrancc to
some of the most appalling yells,
and, at the same time, gesticnlating
wildly with his arms.
This was a metamorphosis for
which The savage beast was UMPIRE
pared. Just before, there bad. been
a runaway man, Logging it as hard
as he could, in front; but the brute
was staggered, and hestated in head
long career; then pulled up and
looked. advanced a step aud looked
more closely heard q frantic yell
ofextraordinary power, the last des-
pairing effort Of the hunter; turned,
and with towering tail, trotted 10
join his companions, now disappear
ing in the distance. After q skort
space. nly friend arose, almost pur-
ple n the face from the violence Of
bis exertions. and the unpleasant
lcr-pasition Of his bead, but much
sratfficd. and chuckling greatly, al
n q success Of his ingenius strata