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AROUND THE WOULD VIA INDIA. 



A FIGHTING LEPER. 



There is one instance on record where a leper resisted 

 not only the police force but an entire company of in- 

 fantry. He hid himself in a mountain cave, accom- 

 panied by his faithful wife, the only access to which 

 was over a narrow path, where men had to walk in sin- 



Fig. 2. — Tubercular leprosy in a Hawaiian. 



gle file. He supplied himself with firearms and ample 

 ammunition, and declared that anyone who came within 

 range of his gun would be killed. When the soldiers 

 were sent to secure him he only did what he had threat- 

 ened, and killed the first four who headed the file. The 

 attempt was never repeated, and the desperate leper had 

 the satisfaction of being relieved of sufferings in his 



