Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-27
POWER OF HUMAN EYE
SAVAGE DOCS PUT TO FLIGHT "
STARE.
Man Reistes Incidents Showing Re,
n-svkzbie Eject q Concentrates
Gaze en- lnfurlsteS CANNES Bent
on Mischief.

when tho Forty-fourth Massachu-
sets regiment was besieSed IN Wash
inEton. y. c. writes Darius COoo. in
Our Dumb Animals. Il was on one
occasion confronted BY big wolfdog
that leaped from its kennel furiously
upon ne. The situation was des-
perate one and called for instant Rc-
ton.
7 subdued that animal BY throwing
myself on all fOurs and sDrinEinE to-
ward him with catike snaris. he re-
/ t7eated into his kennel with picrcins
/ hcwis. and nothing could bring him
/ out. an certain that dogs can be com
! rleteiy cowed BY the eye OF man while
1 his body IS absolutely still. or BY IN
! tense snd mysterious action with a
corresponding look OF the eye
rThe following Incident I relate as
an example OF this silent but elective
/ method. Several years ago was
sketchinE in an orchard which after
ward learned had been repeatedly rob
bed hy rouEhs from settlement OF
/ hard characters a half nile away. Sud
/ denly large Newfoundland dos
/ suranE out from a hedge that sur
mounted a series OF terraces. With
] threatening growis be bounded toward
me. HIS eyes ElarinE and foam running
from his mouth. ceased sketching
and fixed my eyes on him as he &c
seconded. with all the intensity I could
command.
When the dog had reached the mid
ole terrace he stopped and. though ID
barked furicusiy and showed HIS shin
ing teeth. came DO further. I stoot
uotfonless and with eyes fixed as ad
, aruaut- All at once he turned and
running Up the terraces. diseppeare,
behind the hedge. resumed n,
sketchiug. but Il was with a sense @
weakness resulting nom futenae COZ
ccrtration Of my VIII upon the dog
Five minutes passed. when the New
I. fCun5Iant again appeared He I'D 10
stop 70 bark this time. but down b
2 srranr Why this unhaltlnE charge
= An. there e isi a huge uastin
close behind. making springs Ike
Wild beast Both dogs were growth
p fcrcely and this with the foam tha
listened on their teeth told TOO plaii
u L. what awaited nc. The Newfcun'
LAID had gone % get help and /
p got Il
81 saw that the rnasdE had lost a
eye and SO I had only three eyes
magnetic. As before. I stood IKE
& not even permitting my Ids 20 win
- The Newfoundland lo1pod drst ar
planted his great paws 80 heavily {
L my breast as % nearly knock me ovI
a. backward. Ny eyes we're rivotcd upc
him IN all his fury. and in an inEta
y he dropped 70 the ground Three tim
D. ne suranE az me. and each time ! nc
ID not a hair. keeping his eyes
mine. When he dropped the third tn
q. / the rnastin. who had been growth
. -zfth impatient fury, took his turn p
- massive paws struck NY chest nc
"a heavily even than had his leaders. e.
H. A. was with EFFORT that stood agaiz
the blow.
ia "He. too. sprang az ny throat q
l. Ike the Newfoundland dropped 70
ground. he repeated the attack Tn
y times and seemed az the limit OF ri
le nc raze when ne made his last sprii
- But my two eyes we're too much
"a his one eve. The moment the mas
he dropped % the ground for the n
,r time both o. the dogs turned and
I'd the terraces as 81 ] had char.
them with buckshCt. They cisappe
~ q behind the hedge. and though
half an hour finishing the sketch q
III. cid not appear again could b
he robbed that orchard with impunity.
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