MAN v. PANTHER.
TPEHSTLIKG MATCH IN AN IN"DL*H JUNGLE. ' A plnciy native who wrestled wiffi * woucded panther and overcame the beast is the hero of a story that reaches us from Tu*"ia. It was in the Baitda district that a native, hearing that a panther -was in the neighbourhood, and had taken refuge in a. hole on the river bank, made his way thither. Looking into the hole, he fired and wounded the panther in the "aw. The Infuriated „-p"-"-"»' flung itself upon the native's attendant, and the native, with the greatest bravery, rushed on the panther, and tried to etrag it off his servant. After being drivem off once, the panther made another rush at the native, and for 20 to 30 minutes the man and the beast wrestled together. Ultimately the panther was brought to the grountL and its end accomplished by a hatchet-blow from the servant. The plucky native has many -wounds oa his arms, but none on his body, and botS he and his servant are doing well in hospital.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 13
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174MAN v. PANTHER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 13
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