AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 233, 19 October 1877, Page 15

AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.

We have heard the history of a man who was watched by a bear without his being able to remove from the spot where he was sitting ;^ere vWtTh 7- T^ man md a lion- A man returning from a S hole tok^? at t B f tha 7' South Africa, took a circuitous course in nope to kill an antelope to carry home to his family. Seeine no game when he reached the spot, he laid his gun dowr on a low shS" vmg rock and went down to a pool to drink! after which he relumed Sat reSed^m & and t fe" asl^P- ** a short time the neat letlected from the rock awoke him, and he saw a larec lion SSSSSa thr^h ?*s% GyeS gla;in» in Ws foce, a and SS 1N L wi yard from his feet. He sat motionless for some time till he had recovered his presence of mind ; then, eyeing his gun he moved his hand slowly towards it. The lion, seeing this^ised hi® head, and gave a tremendous roar. He mnde another, and another iTudTs tho ? teMpt ' b? *?, *"> hdnS far be y°nd ™* «SK gave it up, as the hon seemed well awave of his object, and was enraged whenever he attempted to move his hand. The rock on wWch hefat andTe;r moW a th hr °v d Ws »•***£ to touch 1? ana kept moving them alternately placing one above the other ThP sS PaThe'r d aigbt a1 !?' * U' tbe fion "ev^r moved from Se S-^'nJ^ T agam rr °S^' and Soon reild^d his feet beyond feelinoAt noon the hon rose, and walked to the water, only a few yards di£ tant, but looked behind as he walked, lest the man should move and seeing him stretch out his hand to take his gun turned inTrSe and dranf and^Efn^ i^i Mm ' T^ -Snal^S "o the^wa^ manL, ancl, leturmng, lay down again at the edare of the rock