The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09

potential Darwin, and, having no other
means to travel and study animal history
has entered the navy as a surgeon. He has
landed on the lake for a days shooting.
hoping TO get an elephant at least, but
meantime content to study sun-birds. Let
us in imagination enter his mind, see
through his eyes what he say and lay bare
his thoughts.
Grass! a forest of grass with
stout knotted stems six to eight feet high.
and abundant leaves starting from every
JOINT. Each stem ends in a dropping plume
or ripened seeds. As the doctor forces his
way through the tangled heritage and cane
ike stalks the seeds shower down on him,
each one steadied in its descent by its
long feathery stipule. The seeds are sharp
pointed and barbed at the ends, so they
pierce their way through his khaki cloth
ing easily and scratch the perspiring flesh
beneath This raises to evaporation the
discomfort already felt to be well nigh
unbeatable; for the Doctors face Is now
the color OF raw beef from the sitting
heat and the frghtful exertion of forcing
his way through such a thicket of grass
ana ms hands are scratched, and cut by
contact with the raZor-edged leaves
His Terai hat As constantly being lrag-
ged OFF his head. and il is all be can 10
TO carry his gun and elbow his way
through the obstructing heritage pr0tect-
ing his face as well as possible with the
LETT hand. SO he Is in an iil-temper. ana
cannot stop to notice the small weaver
birds Of flame color and black, the extra
ordinary stick insects Exactly simulat-
ing stalks of grass. and the green, leaf
like mantises which throng the dense
brake on either side. He is after bigger
game. The most experienced of his bows
pioneers him through the sitting grass
Junns-e, another boy with second rifle
lolloWs behind. The idea is elephants"
elephants having been reported hercabout
the previous day; when suddenly uhev
nave reached space where the grass &.
httle drier. little less dense) the pion-
Ger boy comes doubling back to his mns.
Ter with every gesture expressive ~
hush. The doctor stops. mops his boil
ing race thankful for che momontary
h9tp and asks inquirngly. "eiephantse',
No says the negro in a painting wnis.
per Lion! there, thorel no. nor
there. You see that ant hing Wen. climb
on 70 It's side ana you see the lion lying
m a clear space just beyond A maie
hon. truly; las body Is nearly white and
us name IS black"
Win express rifle at fun cock the doc
tor advances g.ngcrly through the inter-
laced grass, bent nearly double. keeping
the muzzie OF the gun directed STRAIGHT
before him ana shielding IFS sensitive rio
ger from the intrusive grass stems THE
ant NH Is reached. he Chambers on 10 its
stopping side. "good Coaf ~
boys right What bcnutvf ana
asleep, too" But something Ia tho do
tors coming has aroused the lion. not len
Yards away aroused him partially. FOR
there Is no sudden movement. he raises
the great head set len collar OF vellow-
brown, black name; slowly the dim nictl-
.ttlhg membrane passes over the yellow
eyes, but as they are focusing 10 moot
hls own gaze, the doctor fires. fires precl-
miately lhis position on the sloping ant
MI is Unsecured, wounds the lion some
where, somehow, but does not KIN him.
The beast gives sharp. explosive roar.
seems To jump Into the air with an four
rect, aud then len three bounds has crasb-
ed into the grass Jungle. Silence. "Weu
] am num-! thinks the doctor ole
WASH ten yards away and / didn't kan
MN dead! don't quite know whore 1 nh
limi 10 the chest, ] think. But ne can't
DE FAR away, ana I must finish him on -
Tie descends from the ant hill into Inc
lear trampled space whore che lion had
'cen lying AZ the spot where tho beosf
lad made rs first bound into mo denee
frass hedge there iH "a great puuirt -
Hood over the tangled groenery-fhe darr
rimaon LIQUID s,il drips from leaf-biagc
To- leaf-blade "Ahl thought so. ~ mnet
90 pretty badly hlt"
Two black faces, with starting eyes ana
"Nlous gilhs. now cautiously peer round
me ant Hill The doctor, raising his head.