The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-08
Fight between a Scorpion and a Mouse.

Fight between a Scorpion and 4 Mouse.
frank auckland gives tire following amusing
ae,usnJ 81 q deadly encounter between q mouse
aud n ~-.prUipu 80 \ few mornings since | r.
ccIyei by IG-t q small box. On account " tie
holes ITickcd ~ the cover / SUSPECTED 10 might
contain something alive. therefore TriTaiu7t iTpm
1Ieuiug II unit! ! lad read my letter.. II was
Fortunate I did go. for from one u The letters !
lsssFu@l that UIe bpx contained rE0l 1--WE -cyEIIJa-.
q present. fr1ul Iuy friend J. *. Lord. wL0e caught
tiem under a Stone at il-iipVnii-. in Egypt, anil
had -sut tIiclu YI af once. tu opening tue Tax
carefully. I -aw Tvs" scorpions citing iH CO.. with
their taiI- TUNED over their back. Hey wrrc
divided !-"us each ut..sr IS q Partition ami were
very quiet tur on -eciuZ TIE lIsLt they InIs'!'-
uteiv began Co move. -J that / hId Co. be careful
uyt o. iet them escape irt, rHc rr,II. sending
lpr q sia-- i-I--lYtc. I turned the box suddenly
over. eni with 20 tap 80 tie bottom shook them
out into !r. EJs o. moment tie scorpions rculIu-
~ IGi-. 90 thc bottom then waking ul. ;hcy
-dadrlly u-hei go csrh ether, AMI began hghtiug
and wrestling. claw O. claw. like twc-JgiI dog.
I L4i great trouble o. separate Them. and get one
II thsm Ont 81 the globe. 1t last / succeeded,
BY u-ius tysJ PAPER kuiye- and % long PAIR 81 for
crI-. I .oulcT they dill not poison each other or
my-clf. In tie course ul tEc morning Q was an
uDuuccd that % mJu-c Ead been caught in q trap.
] Immediately thought II te--iug the POISON ut
che Scorpion upon tie mouse. The reader must
know riat uty scorpion = q little beast with q
body the -in- 81 q large black beetle. He has
-mIl l-z- ola each side like tie les - = lJb-ter,
AMI aL-J tHY uiVTiuS claw. At tire end 81 tie
budy T. q tail. nearly two inches long. consisting
90 Eve Diut-, strung together like q bead necklace.
Vt tie cud % tie last Jliut j. the sting, which
consists II horny Tag ths slIIc Of ava aVVle-piP,
and armed with a brywl-cJlJrcd sting, having the
curve ola br4Iahlc thorn. Tie point Of the sting
j. exceedingly sharp. line general color Of the
-~cUTiJu i q h1rrIdlJJkiug waNy brown. Tie
eyes Of the -r1rpipn-Iirtlc black shining points
are situated at The top Of his head When PrcTar-
iuz % fight lie curric- lis tail in n curve over hEs
back. alt brauii-hc- bis sting with immense TI-
TidIty. lie aims h- blows directly forward. n y
soldier give % iayyuct-thru-t Tie scorpion was
Wing quietly 20 the bottom Df the globe when I
shook the mouse from the trap INTO il. but the
sudden arrival Of tLr stranger into Ii-aIurtmeui-
woke him ZAP directly. lie h,i-ted las sting. and
began brlnIishius IL about. The mouse shortly
CrU--ed BIZ Path the scorpion Instantly luu-rl
biz sting into him. Ihi- iu turn woke uE tic
mouse, who began Co jump up AMI down like q
nCk-iu-tle-blx. When he became quiet. the
SCORPION again attacked thc enemy. with hi- claws
signs % the zodiac he made another shot 90 the
~ lu-c. but m--si him. then called lime. %
give 10th cDmlatlut- q rc-t. When the mouse
sJt bis wind. l stirred up tie scorpion once more,
anil, ~ d. the fancy sIy. b. cIuC up smiling
The mouse during the interval hud evidently made
up hi- mind that lc would have 90 fight and not
strike hr- cplJTs o. q scorpion a. b. would Co
W hen, therefore,, the scorpion came within
range tlc mouse gave - squeak gud lit hiIu On
the back the scorpion 20 tic same moment IlJut-
ri hi- sting we'll between the mou-c'- clrs on the
Df III. head. The Scorpion then tried o. Re-
igeat. but could not, Tor one claw Lad got cutauzici
IN the fur Of the mouse and then came one OF thc
nJ-t lIiieTJus scene, | ever bchcll. Mouse and
scorpion cll>ci,' and both rolled over aid over
together. Like two eats lighting. The scorpion
continued -Iabbing the mouse with hi- sting. hi-
going with the velocity aud swift sprin. % u
needle IN 2 sewing machine IN laCt. the scorpion
Iad the mouse H. pugnlcIIus ScJO1ibSy- used -
NV. o IN Clanccry. Tuc moment tie -rJrripu st
ircd, and the lunscs Of his tail lc~, frequent, tie
mouse got hold Of tie last jJiut Df hi> advcrslry's
with his paw. and gave The sting q sharp nip
biz teeth (t was most Interesting 10 notice
hat tire mouse used hi paw. The scorpion 30
tried - make III retreat. but lee Couldn't
,t away, rs BIZ claws were cHtunglei i'm thc fur.
The mouse seized this opportunity, and dcliLrr-
.teiy bit two Of the scOrIiOu's side legs III. lie
hen retired % the corner, and began to wash lis
lcc and comb his iGr. | took out my watch to
h1w LONG IL would be- before the Tui-Jn uf the
and nothing happened the mouse seemed a
itIle tired. aui that was ali. When ten miuute-
passed, ] shook tire scorpion up to the place
There the mouse was sitting. Tie scorpion was
nlucky &. arachn0id.' Er lie tried 70 o1rge up To-
he scratch once more but, a. y ship j. disabled
Theu she has lo-t her Maiuluazt by a shot. 50
ScOTpiO fJI7aid0iusWs, as Horace calls him. was
Ter further encounter. lie tried 20 hoist
l. sting. but the bite from the mouse had injured
j. tail. 80 that he could not strike straight with
B, and 10 lad lost it, spring from the wound.
ccinS that tie scorpion WIS &. lying under bare
Olcs.' the mouse sat himself down and began d-
.bcrstely to eat the scorpions legs up one after
be- other. was at this time obliged 70 70 away
D my work. and when. in about six hours, my
,crctary came down to my Office, be reported that
be mouse hal shown me- symptom whatever Of
JEOuiug. When ] came back in the evening, |
'ent at Jnes b. the globe 10 see what Lad hap
sucd. Instead Of finding a dead mouse, I found
JOut bali n dead scorpion and n live mouse.
he mouse, had in fact, made 4 good meal Of his l
lcnly. sumo bread had been placed in tine globe 9
ic mouse had eaten this also, - 1 hOyc lie had !
ljoycd his meal OF bread and scorpion. The bat q
=, therefore. was decided in favor Of the mouse,
nj the hackers of the scorpion had to throw up :
- sponge, while a. a reward for his courage, !
e mouse, after Il parting supper Of toasted cheese !
III milk. was let free IN 6 place where the eat :
~ not likely TO find him. The friends Of the !
orpiOn have lodged n protest, iu5sInuch a. the :
urpiDn was not III training and the mouse :
n MT q = fair mouse being to large and tDp !
,ayy. For my own part. l think the fight wa, J
lrdly fair, a. the scorpion had just come Of a long '
journey, and had not eaten anything. The
ouse, on the contrary, was just caught and in j
Od condition" u
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