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whole carriage lurched violently to one side ; the 

 lion had broken through one of the windows, carry- 

 ing off poor Ryall with him. Being now released, 

 Parenti lost no time in jumping through the win- 

 dow on the opposite side of the carriage, and fled 

 for refuge to one of the station buildings ; his 



"HE WAS KEPT ON VIEW FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND THEN SHOT." 



escape was little short of miraculous, as the lion 

 had been actually standing on him as he lay on the 

 floor. The carriage itself was badly shattered, and 

 the wood-work of the window had been broken to 

 pieces by the passage of the lion as he sprang 

 through with his victim in his mouth. 



All that can be hoped is that poor Ryall's death 



