Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-06-28
LEOPARDS AT HOME
The Animals In Their wnd state IN
British India,
ons sf thsn stsi,s . n.ts- H.aA Aaathst
ApIssar. NsFanas t.~sraiy
trvaturs. rhstF Issdnss.
fuf ituEs


Many lrurls .I..ud r. great part -
th,Ir li1,. H luIip without -s4riug aus
thing o. tHr uIH beasts aud snake.
vIlh uh..b b. sls.uud. NJ, ,Nterrug,
was frr different Ir...,d uuI,
i,N Ntafs .u iH, country lut h1T1-
lFurl iH ,afu. iIrIu.uiI, Iu ,uutarf
with ifs savage. drnff.u.. aud among
other adventure, haI several uIn.sr.
iuu.t.,. q viewing IcuIrrds boz thrlr
wIlH state. tlsfHr, ths beautiful N u-
nlHAau .rH.frf.um Il Dslbuu..y had
infuar.l iu be- puz,ui proportions it
'Husl-t,H' ,hl,r' ~ "a eIrdIr - hulata-
tI"us clustering rnruud thr Huk RITA.
Ur loser hII aud q lev .,attrr,.l
huu.,s dotted aI.u au the higher
mountain. Iruh Ous uf these latter
We iuHA Go th, season hy aJserti-e-
mvui without having srru ii and I
was snmrv bat ii.maAc.l uu arrival. o.
hud bow luuriN Bui rAtst-s,i tbs -itus-
ti"H Was iisuc,rr ths magnificent
Wow 20 iH, -uuUH rang, frum tlr ,e.
randa rHu.i.,l mr. aHi ! puirk ~ 81
g. work Co BE-. o., ihs ban, rsau. ~
fFIatalHr Bs fr,...HI, Il fsaf fru Il
uur tIrHd. uilI uls the truuIl, ta
muuuf un is tEs s,r.r a. Tl.it u.. "
lhmsuf,d But ths scr, neat ,,rn-
iug We u,r' g" ha,, visitor ~ little
drsirrb
a. ~ iuliau bungalow every bed.
.,,s., - .s,,,u .s,ts.. s..s.,., stt.s. he'd iu
vhi,h thr important fuuriiuu a hath.
ing h performed Tie npur 3. - cs-
meut aud ui4r1n.ct.,l. 60 allow ~
splashiuE lud r,und the iuh srr placed
the gtarras. ur saubrn I,ut. nf water
Which Hu, required ipi 10, hath Tbr
little ulum hss alvH1. two d.-4r.. uus
op.ning uu iht uNf,r air. o. admit thu
bheesti. With h'. -urrI, q water. ~,
other ursuiHs iHtH fhg I,.,l-rua,u Uu
ths evening boo question. iust ~ du.k
was falling, J und hui-hrl ths unpark
hnE 81 iHuN .u sos bedroom aud va.
m",iug nuHH- uhru Z fBp,i,t heard q
slight suuui ,u ibr IBih-r.im q was
hu uuu.uT' baur ilr tIir bhr,.ii. ,isit.
80 l olsurd illr du1u. Bud. tony horror
cav iu-t iu fraut ai mr tbs i#autifuI
tlcuk hl,k ut large l,Hptd whirh
Was -ruu.uiuE uu th' nuur. aud druk.
inE oul ui uuf ui ihs gharraa The
ruutu wa, 80 .mHIl thai fs,iud ni, ..Ii
quite ,Iu-' ~ lh, l.urnnl aud could
indeed have inl,hsl tH, s.a.ts uu u,
glossy ruBt ir.sm u hsr. -tusd Ivas
Zoo ffigltrus,l Goo uiHt. tnd .iauI i,rr.
frcily still snJ. it1uuttsl, ff ur. the
outer iuui lt which JAe rtyHturr had
cu'rrcd siussi sliII uidr uf,ru. and with
sinElr huunl it CLEARED thr threshold
aud disap-arr8 up thr hillside Had
"a, door hIusu iu. 90 ii,.n rlus,d frpm
a., uutsIda lN q servant. thr animal
would haNy uu rs.purrr hut tu sea a.
'Nit by thr duurual 90 which was
standing. lud thr kuovlr,lrr q ms
narruW csybpr made a. Nrft careful
about shutting up rnd, iu %. sftsruuun.
A irw nights later Wr wrr, awak ened
w hearing the Wntrhmau call sat loud.
ly that there was q lroT,srl iu the ve-
Tanda. and ~ ran ta the window in
time b. -sr tlis waytug ~ ihr branches
were the lcasi had sprung out among
the trees The b-arcf. who VA. living
rolled up iu his blanket. be- ths same
yoruuda, slept snundl, on meanwhils
uucousriuus Il his proximity g. the
sicalthA footed creature. These leap-
H9ds ars sowarl'y creatures. and viii
never attack a human hslng u thsy can
avoid u, ihsit special fancy l. for little
dugs snd thss viii - haunt the neigh
burhuoi q any houss wcr. dogs are
Kept. that che greatest care y neces-
sarg b pr,veat the little quadrup.ds
falling Victims o. the llg ones
One evening ~. were ridiug quietly
home IN the short cleaning. when :
large animal jumped from the Jungle
Rl,ovs iaio the road class IN front a
uA II ran swiftly along the road Coz
short distance aud then disappeared.
nv companion advised that we should
hurry = little. A. uur horses seemed un-
easy. - We trotted on, aud when we
came 10 the spot where Ne had losi
sight II the leopard. there II was. lying
on the antsr edge a the nArrow mouni-
ain road. iis eyes blanng like green
lamps in the dusk. and its body half
hidden IN the grass and shrubs was
mounted on = small pony. and could
not help thinking that the Wild heasi
might spring upon ne - se had 10 pass
40 close to u. bot u lay quite still.
When Ne PASSED. ! looked anxiously
round. aud ssw Il rise and walk calmly
into the underwood. Ny compaaion
assured me- the danger was not from
any onslaught a the leopard. but lest
our hnrses should take fright aud bois
with us along the narrow path IN the
uucertsln light
On another occasion we were not 70
foFtunats. ! bad hssn 10 picnic lunch
eon wtth apuas frisnds in q glade near
the iotely valley q kuIiAr. We walked
haok. having our dAndls earrried be-
hind - and when dnsk began 10 fnll
Wspui The dsEs whiok bed sseempanlea