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Show flew It I'tel. le Have a Lion IIU Ye. Mr. Inverarily, n member otlhollom ly bar, a)si "So largo art animal asn Hon coining at full sjieed against you of course knock )otl oil yonr legs. Tlio chiwinnd teeth enteriliellhe ll.vdi do not hnrt so much ai you woull think. Tlio only really pnlnlul part of tlio bust lies! Is tbo miuecio given by the Jiw ou tho lione I felt nono ef the dreamy stupor Livingstone describe, but ou tbo contrary fcltru iitntL I adepleil tho conrso of lying quite still, which 1 b Hoto Is tho best tiling one con do, as jou are nit belplr-it wltli n heavy Animal Ani-mal ou ii, an 1 tin y nro inclined tu Iniko grab ut eter) thing that moves, and tho fewer bites )ou can get ofiT with tho better "All tho wonnds are centers of inflammation inflam-mation nnd blood potcenlng, nnd tbo moro)oUict tbo less chance yotiliavc-Tlie yotiliavc-Tlie power of the Hon jaw may l in ferred from the fact that the lioness that tclm4 me, although it had a broken Jaw, scored deep groove lu the barrel ot my rifle w tth lie r teeth. Borne llaw wounds wcio mere scratches, which (attribute to tho fact that they clutch ut thiisurfaroof jour coat, think ln It It all sulll underneath, and so reach tho lleth pretty late In fact, my cult was torn In semo place without any corrcsgichdlng wound be ninth. "I never felt tlintllghtcst shock. Tiger and icuitbcrs, in u rule, luiniodlatoly lout e any cne they tcixo In a charge, but this Uonces, having left mo, went it low ) ords to nmr at my rneti, retnrneit, and stood over mo growling, and then bit my nrm. 1 got no bite tho first go off, u alio wu occupied in biting tho riflf." London Times. |