Show TUB WAY A irAN SWBO HIS LIFE Mice will feign death to escape a cat and even human beings at times adopt this ruse to escape from various enemies Almost every great lion hunter has tried it with this animal and often with success suc-cess A famous elephant hunter wag caught by a rogue elephant and tossed into the air after which the ferocious brute attempted to kneel upon him and crush him but the hunter did not move < realizing that It was his only salvation and the elephant thinking him dead turned and ran into the brush One of the most remarkable Instances of presence of mind on record was that shown by Selous the African big garnet I norfsman He was caught by an elephant ele-phant which he had wounded and pinned S to the earth by a tusk which cut thrmsh his thigh to the bone tearing a gaping wound Selous retained full consciousness conscious-ness and pretended to be dead The elephant ele-phant watched him closely for a fPivT moments to see if he was alive then jerked his tusk from his body and the ground which It had penetrated rose to its feet and staggered off to receive Its death from the friends of the plucky hunter hunt-er who had not fired fearing that the I animal would fall and crush the wounded 4 man |