24 KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



it fell, made the best of his way to the grazier's 

 house. 



The body of the recreant, suspended by the 

 neck in a wagon, was driven in triumph down 

 to the village, and subsequent inquiries left not 

 a lingering doubt that Lion, with all his remark- 

 able qualities, was, after all, but a wolf in dog's 

 habiliments. 



It was remembered that at certain periods he 

 had refused his food, and appeared sleepy and 

 cross; and, upon comparing dates, the parties 

 concerned discovered that these were the very 

 days after the havoc had been committed. 



He was actually engaged in washing the blood 

 of six sheep from his body when the hunter shot 

 him ; and, upon being satisfied of this, the whole 

 village, with the bereaved storekeeper at their 

 head, while they could not help deploring the 

 end of so fine an animal, sang Te Deum over the 

 fall of so accomplished a villain. 



The honest hunter received his reward, and 

 was ever afterwards known by the soubriquet of 

 " Sampson," inasmuch as it was he who slew 

 the Lion. 



All half-grown puppies, from a natural fond- 

 ness for mischief, which instigates them to tear 

 a hat or a shawl to shreds, and to pursue any 



