Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-05-05

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TIE following extract from DR.. Living
stones account of his adventures In Africa,
during one of his early visits may be new
to some Of our readers In going round
the end of the hill saw one Of tho-beasts
sitting on q piece Of rock as before, but
this time he had little bush In front. Be
ing about thirty yards of, took good
aim at his body through the buah, and
fred both barrels into It. The men
then called out: = he is ahot-he Ia shoV
Others cried: He has been shot By
another man, tool Let us 60 TO hlmf
did not see any one else shoot a him, but
/ saw the lions tail erected IN anger be-
hind the bush, and. turning 20 the people,
said Stop a little tn load again
When in the act of rannming down the
bullets, heard q shout.
: Starting and looking half round, I saw
the lion Just in the act Of springing upon
me. was upon little height; he caught
my shoulder as ne spr9ng, ana .,. We ,1o.n
came to the ground below together
Growing horribly close 70 my ear, he
shook me as a terrier does rat. This
shock produced a stupor similar 70 that
which. seems to be felt by mouse
after the first shake Of cat II
caused a sort Of dreamineaa' IN Which
there was no sense of pain, no feeling Of
terror. though quite conscious of all that
washappening. II was like what patlents
partially under the influence Of cholroform
describe. who see ali the operation, but
feel not the knife. This singular condi-
tion was not the result Of any mental pro
cess. The shake annihilated fear, and Al
lowed no sense of horror in looking round
at the beast This peculiar state u prob
ablv produced in ali animals killed By the
carniVora; and, IL 30, is mercilni pro
vision by the benevolent Creator Tor leas-
eninQ the pain Of death Turning round
to relieve myself Of the weight, as he had
but one paw on the back OF my neeo,
saw his eyes directed towards MeDaiWe,
who was trying 70 shoot him at q distance
of ten or fifteen yards His gun, mint
one, missed fire In both barrels the non non
immediatelv left me, and attacking ne
baIwe. bit his thigh. Another man
whose life / had saved before, after ne nho
been tossed by buffalo, attempted 70 spear
the lion while he was biting mebaAWe. ne
left Mebalwe and caught this man by tne
shoulders, but at this moment the bullets
he had received took effect, and he ien
down dead The whole was the work OF
a few minutes, and must have been nhS
paroxyEm Of dying rage. In order 70 tAke
out the charm from him the BakIalh on
the following day made q huge eonnre
over the carcass, which was oecl1Le1 s,... ~ -
that of the largest lion they had ever
seen. Besides crunching the bone INTO
splinters, he left eleven teeth wounds on
the upper part of my arm a ,Wouno
from this animals tooth resembles gum
shot wound it is generally followed py
great deal of sloughing and discnarge, anu
pains are felt periodically ever afterWard-
/ had on a tartan Jacket on the OCCASION
and / believe that it wiped of all the virus
from the teeth that pierced the flesh Tor
NV two companions in this aitray nave
both suffered from the peculiar pains,
while have escaped with only the incon-
venience of a false Joint In the limb. The
man whose shoulder was wounded showed
me his wound actually burst forth afresh
on the same month of the following year.
This curious point deserves the attention
of inquirers."