356 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 

 WILD LIVER PAD, 



yet it was evident that the man was not joking, but 

 quite serious in what he said. 



Not until years afterwards when I heard a Ger- 

 man prince describe an adventure that he had with 

 a "liver pad" in Africa did it dawn upon me that 

 this was the German way of pronouncing the Eng- 

 lish word leopard. 



With my present mature experience, and ripened 

 wisdom, if my portfolio should again be placed 

 on a box of wild liver pads, I would either leave 

 it there, or from some position of safety fish for 

 it with hook and line. 



