﻿AND THE DOCTRINES Of BIIOODDIIA. 47 



The Lion, at his return home, was extremely 

 affli6led at the lofs of his wife and children, and 

 Ihortly after became furious. Having fccnted out 

 the track they had taken, he foon arrived in the 

 neighbourhood of the place where they refrded, and 

 began by attacking and killing every perfon he met 

 with. The inhabitants alTembled, and carried their 

 complaints to the King, of a Lion that infelled 

 the country, and put all to death that came in his 

 way. The King, in confequence of this reprefen- 

 tation, ordered a number of people to be fent out in 

 puriuit of the Lion: but their efforts were of no 

 avail : his tremendous roar inftilled difmay into all 

 who attempted to approach him ; and fuch as he was 

 able to lay hold of, he initantly killed. 



The King then declared publicly his determination 

 to fhare his kingdom and treafures with the perfon 

 who would put this Lion to death; upon which the 

 very fon of the Lion avowed himfelf a candidate for 

 the reward, and pledged himfelf to kill hiuj. Taking 

 with him his bow and arrows, he repaired to the place 

 where the Lion was; and the moment he perceived 

 him, let fly an arrow that pierced his right fore leg : 

 but the Lion hearing then the voice of his fon, 

 was infenfible of pain. A fecond arrow entering the 

 left leg, worked up his rage, and he was about to 

 vent it, v;hen a third arrow paffed throu.f^h his head, 

 and brought him to the ground. In falling, he called 

 cut, " Ah, my fon!" and defired him to approach, 

 which the Ion doing, he placed his head on his knees, 

 and during his lafl groans, uttered exprcilions fraught 

 with tendernefs for his wife and daughter, to whom 

 he charged his fon to convey them : he then ex- 

 pired. 



The fon cut off his head; and taking it with him 

 to the palace, prefented it to the King; who, ac- 

 cording to promife, fhared his kingdom and treafure 

 with him. 



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