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Show Artist's Work Among Wild Animals. In An nrtlcle on "ne to K)e with Wild Beasts,' In Tearsons Magazine, Mr Head, an artist engaged for many jears In painting the eyes of wild animals ani-mals relates some thtlllliig adventures which he has gone through In the pursuit pur-suit nf his work On one occasion, In attempting to paint the e)es of nn In-ellin In-ellin elephant Mr Head sa)s. "After man) unsuccessful attempts, which mule me more and more nervous and the elephant more and more restless, wc put the shackles on him heav) chilns, fastened wllh huge Iron bracelets around his legs This only made matters mat-ters worse, nnd the elephint grew no wild thut the keepers had to use their whips and other persuaders. After a little he quieted down, and I soon regained courage. Presently I again clambered nn to Ills knees, but I had only Just done so and was on the point of looking Into his eye. when he threw me )et again this time with great force, nnd now he lifted his trunk nnd blew such a blast an might have shattered tho walls of Jericho. The building shook, the nlr reverberated with the deafening noise, nnd all the other anlmils In the neighboring houses took up the chnnt, howling, roaring and growling In one vnst chorus The awful pandemonium so tin-nerved tin-nerved mo that I had only strength enough to pick m)self up and scramble out through the bars my knees knocking knock-ing together, my body covered with cold perspiration Not for a thousand pounds pile! on the spot would 1 have entered thit den ngnln." |