214 THE LION. 



" The Bey, not believing in the story told him by 

 his people, was desirous of seeing the man himself, 

 who was brought into his presence, dragging after 

 him the leg of his unhappy brother. Notwith- 

 standing his reputation for cruelty, Ahmed Bey was 

 so affected at the sight that he ordered the pri- 

 soner's fetters to be struck off, and restored him 

 to liberty." 



And if we go back to the olden times, we shall 

 find narrow escapes from the jaws of the lion as 

 numerous as at the present day. One of the most 

 notable was that of Sir John Gayner, Lord Mayor 

 of London in 1646, of whom it is related that, when 

 crossing a desert in the Turkish dominions, he was 



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met by one of those beasts, who allowed him to pass 

 unmolested; ingratitude for which he made provi- 

 sion in his will that at St. Katherine's Church, in 

 Leadenhall Street, a Sermon should be annually 

 preached on the 16th November, in commemoration 

 of his happy deliverance. ]t was further provided 

 in the will that the minister was to have 20,->. for 

 the sermon, the clerk 2,s. (id., the sexton I,-. 1 ., and 

 that the sum of 8 1G*. (]<l. should be distributed 

 amongst the necessitous inhabitants of the pariah. 



