Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-29
who had been hiding behind the tree

and knocked them insensible with
sweeps Of his great paws.
Dr. Peters was just about to fire
when the lion leaped on fifth man,
tearing savagely at his neck and shoul-
ders with forepaws and teeth. Fearing
to shoot the man, Peters aimed lit
tie too high and shot into the lions
ribs instead of his backbone.
! But the bullet had the desired effect
Of diverting the beasts attention from
his victim and he turned, arose majes-
tically to his full noble height and
glared at Peters, who stood barely ten
feet away.
The doctor reached out for more car
tridges, and failing to get them, peered
| backward. To his horror, he saw his
cartridge bearer running at top speed
toward the village.
Convinced that he was at the end Of
his earthly hunting he dubbed his rife
| to make one last hopeless fight for his
| life.
The lion crouched, gathered. himself
expanding bullets effect on the blood
vessels had made itself felt just in the
nick Of time, and not a tenth Of Sec
| ond too soon.
With his last strength the beautiful
creature, still facing the hunter fear
lessly, dragged himself toward some
high grass. On the way big Negro
| tried to spear him.
Dying though he was, the lion, with
a motion as If he were tanning a fly
away, struck his assailant one light
patti could hardly be called a blow.
That pat ripped off all the flesh Of the
mans left leg from the upper thigh to
| the knee.
With one last roar Of defiance the
| tawny fighter won the grass. Later
they found him far away, dead near
the foot Of the mountains, toward
which he had crawled despite his ter
rible injuries.
The other two lions were not found.
The wounded men were taken to
camp and saved only by the expendi-.
ture Of all the remedies carried by the
expedition.
A month later some Of the blacks Of
the party appeared in camp and report
ed that leopard had been seen by
them lying in wait for them at a water
hole. Peters and Blocker started at
once. Blocker had his rifle. Peters
shouted to his servant to follow with
his.
The water hole was only a few yards
away. Before DR.. Peters dreamed that
he was anywhere near the animal his
companions rifle rang, and an immense
leopard bounded into the air and fell
back into the thicket.
He had been lying directly in front
Of Peters, and yet, despite his gaudy
hide, the markings were so perfectly
blended with the Jungle that the doctor
had not seen him at all.
This leopard did not need another
shot. The soft bullet, in mushrooming.
tore the brutes vitals to pieces.
AS If they were matching their wits
against man, the crocodiles and hippo
potami are becoming more daring and
dangerous every year in that country.
Two black men belonging to the Pc
ters expedition were killed by crocodiles
at one time.
The creatures lay in wait under the
bank Of the river, and when the men
stopped to wash the immensely power
full tails Of the amphibians were swung
at them and whipped them into the
water, where the crocodiles seized them
and carried them away to an island in
the middle Of the river.
Mr.. Thompson saw the whole occur
renee. He could see the bodies Of the
men clearly as they were being dragged
along just under the surface.
Another favorite trick of the man.
killing crocodiles along the Zambesi Is
to lie perfectly still under grasses near
the shore and seize passers-by by the
leg. Sometimes they are so fearless
| that they do not even hide, but lie on
the shores with eyes shut, feigning
sleep.
The hippopotami, says DR.. Peters,
seem to have learned that there Is a
connection between canoes and explo-
sive bullets. Certainly they have come
to treat boats as enemies every time,
and it is dangerous now to cross the
river in any light craft.
Besides the royal game, there are
hordes Of other dangerous animals.
Balloons seem to share the pervading
spirit of daring, and regiments of them
| wander around with confidence, de-
| scending into the cultivated lands
whenever they feel like it.
Even the hyenas and jackals are not
as timid there as they are in most 9TH
er localities. A hyena entered the doc
tors tent one night and did not retire
until he had struck light and called
his men.-New York Sun.
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