Show A PA banther bantner ghe the ln n a sh ohp AL A lee iee ice rl blace place a e for j I 1 1 A a bik nan man A an n exciting exell excil ing story la Is brought by the overland mail the vessel Glenary hey bey wh when leaving leaving the straits took on b board ard one of df the largest specimens spee spec imena of the black panther pant her ber the animal was secured in an iron cage house sufficiently strong it was thought for its conveyance to calcutta when in the straits of malacca screams were heard from the passengers in the tween decks numbering number ilag some men women and children these were followed by d a rush upon deck the panther had got cle r of its ca cage e and found its ita way down to the tween litween decks it had been disport di spoTtIng lna inu itself over the prostrate forms of the three hundred slumbering pa passengers for some minutes before its nie senco sence became known every available means of exit were thrown open and all the pa passengers seagers got on deek aeck in safety whon when the hatches and companions were again closed anci auci the panther left len in undisputed and solitary possession of the tween decks oue man alone appeared to have buffered suffered ered dred frona the claws of the animal a large strip of skin and flesh having been torn from his back various accounts of the behavior of the animal while below were given by those who bad seen him but most concurred in saying that after tamboling gamboling gam boling over the g bodies as described when the alarin alarm was given givan and aud the shouts and screams were heard he had bad made one or two frightened springs from one end of the deck to the other it was concluded that the animal must have lumpki oat of the port into the sea for he could not be found the steamer arrived next day at the passes passengers paa seagers gers gors settled down in their quarters as before and she started ihei thet sime same evening for calcutta during the night some boatswains stores were required from forward and one of bf tile tilo chinese las cars was sent down to get them when he pre presently antly returned trembling with fear exclaiming tiger have ateo g tee down there captain bolton boiton sent for his loading rifle aud and cartri cartridges dg and went down the haton haten by himself ordering it to be closed after lest if the beast reilly really was there it should get on to the deck doek and reenact reenact re ro enact the alarm of two nights before on reaching the deck of the rn and looking round captain bolton saw the at yellow ilow liow the animal glaring down from the top of some spars stowed along the ships side and by and by by the dim light admitted by the port could nake out the outline of the body when taking as steady an aim alm as he could for what he con the centre of the animals body he let fire when the smoke from the discharge cleared away the two yellow eyes were still glaring down from the same cireo direel ion A second cartridge having been supplied the rifle was again raised and foi ool following lowing the of the piece captain bolton had the satis satisfaction to hear the heavy henvy body of the animal come tumbling down on the deck at his feet the animal measured seven met te et eight inches in length luer luef liverpool pool chipping and aal gazette |