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Show X light Ullha lUhooii. (At Ieftr.tn fitmrat I waa walking through my l.cu'. and had my tun with mc,aud thu Uboon. wero .creimlug on the top of the rocky pricljlcu Hint ovurhiinga lny lioouatead. Thu doga In the farm yard, on hearing the nolao tho I aboont wore making, mailed uptjthe mouu tain and were toon t ngigtd with them Innittadly light I look up my gun and climbed up Iho mountain for the iitiricmiof inflating the doga. aud In tho hoi of earing Hum fnm being torn to elcea. When 1 rt ached tho aumnilt o' thu krnulx. a numbtr ol baboon, lle-l. 1 llrtd and woundid one In the shout Icr; he wa. Immedla. tely puratied and tackled ly (huonly dog left, tho other, having been torn to plia. The atruggle fir life ur death waa taking place lictwcen the woiinled lalaKiu mid tho dog on the very brink of a jrcciplcv. I had not nnotber cartridge for my guu.ao 1 1 ut It down and licked up a coiile of large alonea aud walked lo within a fewynrdaof tho tiot. I evaa uat In Iheaclofhiirlliuonu or them nt the laehoou when, au Idenlj, atnmeudoua male baboon, the largtatt I hae aeou, came atralgbt at me In a bold, dvtlaut manner, lil.tyc. gleaming with nnger un J rage, and hit hugejtw. working together n. If In anticipation or tho crunching tint wat In atoru nir me, 1 Juet had time to hull the .lonn In my now upratiel hand at him, when he waaupotllne. HttaeUtd me hy the leg flrat, and bit 1110 with .ucti violence that I thought every bono In my Itg waa amaaliej to atom.. I klcktdwilh all mymlght, I tried to get hall or a atone, 1 attempted toeelzehlm b) the throat, tlcall him aeveral blowa with Iho II. 1, but It aa all uao-leaa; uao-leaa; thu atrengtli of tho enrage en-rage 1 African mandrill overowcrcJ and mattered me cou!)Ktclj. After he ha I flnlahud with my leg he railed hlmielf on Ida hind lege, ut hla arm urouud me and aetzed hold uf me on the cheat with hla powcrliiljiwe. What could 1 do? l.vury now mid (hen hit let go hla hold of my bnaat and ana pedatmy throat, 1 atlzed blm)by the throat with iny right hand nud clinched my linger., but he would not leld lilagrnap font .Ingle moment, livery time I moved ho dragged rue uearer to thoedgo of tho rrcllce, aud we 'teretuw within thtauftct of the brink and the ground .loping it on 11 toll 1 knew that If I for a inomt ut lott my footing, down we tuoulJ go Into the chaein below. Thu wounded baluon and tho dog. that wero rtapoualblu for the awful pro dlcameut lu which I now found hi) aclf, bad Juat rolled nvor Into the utoaa. WA bad bun at It nearly un hour, and, aa thebahoou .bowed no eigne of ruleaelngmi, 1 felt I ahould not henble to bold out much longer, a. nm an old man, conalderably over tlo At thl. atage I bethought myaelf of u en-kiilfu en-kiilfu 1 bad In tnv walatceat pocket. If I enull ouly get It out I might ward him oil b) .taboluj him lu thu fact. 1 grilually got my left hind Into my puckut nnd got llio knife out, Iho brute acrttchlug anil tearing my fuco with lilt hand, all the while. I got It to my ni.iuthkiil hflllttlll I bal anopior-(unity anopior-(unity uf opening It with my led hand. I then ttgan .tubbing nnd prodding him, lut the knife wa. not large enough to do hlnl much damage. I drew Idol, however, tho light cf which only made him moro vlctoua atlll. 11) thla time I had scarcely n Mitlie tf cLthlng left, aud toy lacerated bly Pont tikeut of what n fjoutti Afrlciin baboou tan dowhtu hechooata to bickle nud light an 1111. armed man. 1 waa wondt ring how all (hla was uolug In end, whin one of (hit doga (hat bad lictu wound. d In thu tight, an 1 wuloh luJ recovered auf. hclcnlly toiuiku bin way to where we were, aclxej tho nulinal from bthlud. LTaTaBBBBBl f fell the bruto nlahed to get nt lb tlog. He threw bimat ! tr m me u n (he do, llicy haioreruugh-anJ. bits 4Jd tlien Hie hlhuun walkta I lenly nwi) along t ic rlJte ( I reel) Ice, looking Inck Irom tl '' 110)'. aa ll lltlleided wheth al.. Ilreu theatlack. It wat 1 ill 'fo coull recover auflli t 1 .t'tn.nj u i.eacul the. mou ntels t "I borje, buwevtr, nndlhee, 'bo, ter an encounter tilth at I ahail 1 revir rorgti and the like of which I hope never to experience again. |