Show a leopard A striking illustration of british courage and dogged persistence was given by an officer in india named ap cher in a fight with a leopard he was going round a rock following tho beast which ho had wounded when the leopard meeting the hunter dashed at him accher apcher jumped one side and fired tho shot only staggered tho leopard the started to run but before he could turn round the beast was almost upon him he struck the animal the gun it was in the act of striking him and so warded the blow from his licad but the beasts claws of one paw cut his right cheek and the other paw knocked the gun out of the officers hands with all his strength alie man dashed his right hand into the beast s mouth and with the left grasped him around the throat tho leopard caught him near the elbow and bit through the forearm exerting all his strength accher apcher threw the leopard into a rift between the and on its back with his knee on its chest one hand in its mouth the other grasping its throat he held the struggling animal his native boy came up with a double gun put it in the leopards mouth and fire eaid accher apcher the boy obeyed pulled both triggers and killed the beast fortunately without hitting the hand the dogged officers left hand and arm were much injured every finger of the right hand was lacerated the hand bitten through and the forearm torn in five places youths companion |